The Brazilian state of Amazonas has used an extensive inventory of flood-prone parts of its forests as the basis for its new sustainable logging legislation for the floodplain forests. [more]

Brazil is taking strident action against companies that are seen to exploit their workers, in a bid to bring their working standards in line with other developed powers. [more]

A new eucalyptus clone has been developed by the bioenergy arm of the world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, specifically for use as a fuel source in steel-making processes. [more]

Brazil's National Confederation of Agriculture has suggested to its members that they can supplement their incomes - and offset carbon emissions - by setting up timber plantations on their land. [more]

The International Tropical Timber Council has announced a 16.8 million US dollar funding programme aimed at the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. [more]

Italian car maker, Fiat SpA, is investing 1.8 billion US dollars into a new factory in the north-east of Brazil. [more]

Leading analysts from global investment firm, Goldman Sachs, have predicted the Brazil's Bovespa index will likely rise by 26 per cent over the course of 2011. [more]

Brazil is now the fourth largest global market for the automobile industry, after sales for 2010 exceeded 3.45 million vehicles. [more]

Wireless tracking technology is currently being introduced across Brazil as part of continued efforts to clamp down on the illegal timber trade. [more]

A leading British economist has said that Brazil's transformation from the world's fifth greatest polluter into a leading low-carbon economy is a model for the rest of the world to follow. [more]