The Economist | May 26, 2005
The Amazon’s Texan saviour
Can John Cain Carter, an American rancher, save the rainforest? At the helm of a second-hand Cessna aircraft, John Cain Carter is as preoccupied…
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Mongabay | October 16, 2007
Amazon rainforest burning “worst” in memory
By Rhett A. Butler Fires continue to rage in the Amazon, according to local reports. John Cain Carter, a rancher who runs Aliança…
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NPR | November 5, 2007
Amazon Fire Wars Exacerbate Global Warming
By Christopher Joyce In Brazil, it’s the end of the burning season, when people use fire to clear land for farms and ranches. But…
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BBC News | January 14, 2008
Pressures build on Amazon jungle
The Amazon is not just a precious resource for Brazil but for the entire world, and the year ahead seems likely to produce important indications…
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TIME | March 27, 2008
The Clean Energy Scam
Ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it? By Michael Grunwald From his Cessna a…
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David Letterman Show | October 2008
David Letterman interviews John Carter, the founder of Aliança da Terra
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Washington Post | April 25, 2008
Applying Capitalism to Protect Dwindling Brazilian Forestland
By Monte Reel AGUA BOA, Brazil — Driving a farm truck across the mud roads of the eastern Amazon region is agony on axles,…
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NY Times | August 21, 2009
In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand
By Elisabeth Rosenthal Read the full story here.
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Reuters | November 30, 2010
Special Report: Weird weather leaves Amazon thirsty
By Stuart Grudgings Read the full story here.
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TEDx | March 16, 2011
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John Carter of Hope Ranch
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BBC News | December 30, 2011
Brazil’s indigenous people being trained as firefighters
The Xavante are an indigenous people of Mato Grosso state in Brazil, who were forced out of their ancestral land during the farming expansion in…
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BBC News | December 30, 2011
Amazon river turtles hatch before being taken to “nursery”
The Rio das Mortes river is home to the Amazon river turtle, or tracaya. The river is in the area known as the Amazon frontier,…
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BBC Two | June 20 2013
Toughest Place to be a Firefighter
Firefighter Neil Fairhall is leaving his fire station in Hayward’s Heath and heading to the Amazon to fight some of the biggest forest fires in…
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ALJAZEERA | October 23, 2013
Amazon Alliance: The Cowboy Conservationists of Brazil
One Texan rancher is turning the rainforest’s greatest enemy into its ally. Watch the video here: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2013/10/amazon-alliance-2013102010474171527.html Agriculture in Brazil is booming, with…
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Montgomery Bell Academy | September 24, 2014
MBA announces 2014 distinguished alumnus and service winners
Mr. John Cain Carter, MBA Class of 1984, has been named the school’s Distinguished Alumnus for 2014. After graduating from MBA, Carter attended the University…
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Americas Quarterly
Brazil’s Farmers Are Ready for a Boom. Will the Government Let It Happen?
By Stephen Kurczy As other industries falter, agribusiness could be the key to Brazil’s recovery. Nearly 500 ranchers and farmers have formed a…
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MidiaNews | August 25, 2017
Incêndio no Parque Estadual do Araguaia é apagado
Foram lançados 10.000 litros de água para combater o fogo DA REDAÇÃO Depois de seis dias de combate a equipe de emergências ambientais…
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BBC One | February 2018
Earth’s Natural Wonders series 2 – Episode 1: Surviving the Extreme
Earth’s Natural Wonders are parts of the natural world that nature has carved on such a scale, that they beggar belief – vast mountain ranges,…
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Bloomberg
Brazil Nonprofit Goes Private to Boost Rural Green Practices
A company in Brazil that once operated as a nonprofit is showing that reducing land clearing and boosting agriculture don’t have to be at odds….