Access to Brazil from the US and Europe is set to become even easier and more affordable, following a $100 million investment by Delta Air Lines in the low cost Brazilian carrier, Gol Airlines. [more]

According to new research presented at the recent Commission on Public Forest Management, the total area of public forests in Brazil has risen since last year. [more]

New legislation has been approved by the Brazilian Senate that redraws the limits and guidelines on how much Amazonian land the nation's farmers must preserve as forest. [more]

Brazil has announced aims to increase the number of products traded between itself and India, in a bid to maintain and enhance its strong links with fellow BRICS nations. [more]

Brazil has announced a comprehensive raft of economic measures aimed at sustaining the health of the Brazilian economy in the face of the fall-out from the European economic turmoil. [more]

The eight South American nations in the 1978 Amazon Cooperation Treaty (OTCA) have met in Brazil this week to determine a single standpoint on the continent's sustainable development and timber industry policies. [more]

Scottish business leaders have embarked on a trade mission to Brazil this week, with the aim of developing the trade links between Scotland and Latin America's largest economy. [more]

Brazil is increasingly being viewed as a land of opportunity by European professionals seeking to escape the economic tumult of their own countries. [more]

Australia is taking steps to raise its timber production capabilities, after a recent inquiry highlighted the growing value and role that timber will have in the nation's future. [more]

Brazil's expertise and technology in surveying and monitoring its rich forest and timber resources is in high demand from other countries with large areas of tropical rainforest. [more]