Brazil is a Newton Fund partner country. The partnership launched in 2014.
Brazil is a rising economic power and one of the world's biggest democracies. Over the past few years it has made major strides in its efforts to raise millions out of poverty, although the gap between rich and poor remains wide. The unemployment rate reached 13.3 percent in June 2020 (14.9 percent for women), the highest rate in the past three years (World Bank, 2020)
The exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, much of which is in Brazil, has been a major international worry, since the wilderness is a vital regulator of the climate (BBC, 2019). The area of land covered by forest has declined from 65.9 % in 2000 to 59.4% in 2020 (UN, 2020).
Priorities for Brazil
Uncovering the hidden spread of Zika in Brazil
In February 2016 Zika was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in response to evidence that the infection can cause birth defects such as severe microcephaly in the foetuses of infected pregnant women. An international research collaboration travelled across...
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Brazil is a rising economic power and one of the world's biggest democracies. Over the past few years it has made major strides in its efforts to raise millions out of poverty, although the gap between rich and poor remains wide.
The exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, much of which is in Brazil, has been a major international worry, since the wilderness is a vital regulator of the climate (BBC, 2019).
Protecting Brazil’s indigenous communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major threat to the survival of Brazil’s indigenous communities. In September 2020, more than 27,000 indigenous people had been infected, of which 806 people had...
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By Natalia Zielonka and Dr Lynn Dicks In a recent publication, Van der Meer and colleagues (2020) compared the countries that grew the most fruit with the countries that put out the most...
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