Brazil Flashcards
IBAMA Agency
Brazilian agency that regulates environmental policies
The Amazon Fund
Brazil’s government effort to prevent deforestation
Petrobas Oil Company
Brazilian Oil Company apart of scandal involving construction companies and gov. to monetize the Rainforest
Land Grabbing
Acquiring land, property, or patent rights by fraud or force, relates to companies in the Amazon that illegally occupy indigenous territory
Workers Party
(Parrish dos Trabalhadores) left-wing political party dedicated to improved conditions for low income people
Luiz Inacio da Silva
Active role in Workers unions. Brothers torture pushed him towards into becoming president of Brazil’s union of metal workers. 1970s
Ran in 2002 and won lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty
Lula
Bolsa Familia (Family Allowance) program
Provided families with monthly allowance for food, gas, and schooling.
Spent 582 Days behind bars
Lula
Won presidency in 2023 after
Supreme Court overthrowing conviction in 2019
Jair Bolsonaro
President from 2019-2022
Right wing nationalist
Marina Silva
Elected environmental minister
Marina Silva
Resigned 2008
And serves as Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change under lula
Lula helps Iran by
Allowing warships to dock, worrying Israel and US
Brazil needs to increase what by 44%
Bean production
The end of the Military Government caused
Brazil’s economy to grow faster in 1985-1986 than any other country in world
Endangered marmosets
Home in Amazon
Spans over 9 countries
Amazon Rainforest
60% of Amazon Rainforest in
Brazil
Home to 10% of worlds biodiversity
Amazon
90-140 billion tons of carbon
Amazon
One threat to Amazon
Cattle Ranching
Largest beef exporter in world
Brazil
Rubber Trapping
Farmers that slice into trees in order to harvest latex that is found inside
