The West and the rest
Monica Piccinini 27 October 2026 Rich countries want electric cars, renewable energy and net zero. But there is another race behind this promise: a race…
When antibiotics stop working
Monica Piccinini 8 October 2026 Drug-resistant infections are already killing more than a million people directly each year. As intensive farming drives antibiotic use, environmental…
When conservation becomes a commodity
Monica Piccinini 1 September 2026 Brazil is betting that the Amazon can be protected by making its forests economically valuable, through timber, forest products and…
The price of consensus
Monica Piccinini 11 August 2026 Brazil has become a global testing ground for green finance, regenerative agriculture and forest restoration. As governments, corporations and philanthropies…
The reinvention of cattle
Monica Piccinini 3 August 2026 Can the world’s largest beef industry become sustainable – or is sustainability itself being redefined? For decades, cattle have symbolised…
BR-319: The road that could cost the Amazon
Monica Piccinini 6 July 2026 The Amazon has learned to distrust political promises. Every administration arrives with its own language of progress, development and national…
Brazil’s groundwater under pressure
Monica Piccinini 03 June 2026 Beneath Brazil’s forests, farms and cities, a vital water reserve is showing signs of strain. A new study indicates that…
The new economy of the Amazon
Monica Piccinini 07 April 2026 A complex network of NGOs, corporations, development banks and philanthropic capital is reshaping the Amazon’s “bioeconomy”. But as money flows…
Brazil’s silent war on women
Monica Piccinini 18 March 2026 In Brazil, four women are killed by femicide every day. Behind the statistics lies a deeper crisis, where gender violence…
Farming by algorithm
Monica Piccinini 25 February 2026 As artificial intelligence and cloud platforms move into the fields, a new alliance between Big Tech and agribusiness is reshaping…
Brazil’s growing water crisis
Monica Piccinini 19 February 2026 Brazil’s forests do more than store carbon, they regulate the water systems that sustain rivers, agriculture and cities across South…
From Brazil to Britain: the hidden cost of soy and beef
Monica Piccinini 1 February 2026 Often overlooked in global conservation debates, Brazil’s Cerrado is being rapidly transformed by industrial agriculture, with UK trade playing a…
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