The UK business secretary, Vince Cable, has predicted that it will not be long before the growth of the Brazilian economy will outstrip many of those in Europe. [more]

Portugese excise officers have seized an ingenious shipment of cocaine being transported from Brazil. [more]

A new initiative has been launched by Brazilian government agencies that will see the distribution of more that 2.2 million reals worth of funding to sustainable forestry projects before the end of the year. [more]

Economists are exploring why the recent global recession appeared at its weakest in South America and the Caribbean. [more]

A major international developer of clean technology products for the packaging industry is to meet with executives from the Brazilian pulp and paper industry, with a view to establishing a partnership. [more]

Brazil's timber exports showed a year-on-year increase of 24 per cent in July 2010, according to recent figures from the International Tropical Timber Organisation. [more]

Forestry experts are warning that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of South and Latin America's tropical forests will not be as efficient as flexible, balanced solutions. [more]

Deforestation in the Amazon has been found to have fallen dramatically in the last year, after new satellite surveying methods enabled accurate accounting of large-scale destruction. [more]

The reduction of tax on Brazilian industrial products has prompted immediate growth in the country's wood furniture industry, with one industry body predicting it will last long into next year. [more]

The commercial logging industry remains the largest overall source of employment in nearly all of the municipalities that make up the Brazilian Amazon region of Northern Mato Grosso. [more]