But huge challenges remain if President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to fulfil his goal of ending deforestation by 2023.
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When complete, the game-changing FIOL railway will connect mines in Bahia to Brazil’s Atlantic ports, drastically improving logistics and lowering costs.
Homes, roads and bridges have been damaged in nine of Timor-Leste’s 13 municipalities, with the eastern municipality of Lautem hit hardest.
The transaction is pending the approval of regulators in China, Mozambique and South Africa, according to reports.
The online fashion retailer aims to use locally made textiles in 85 percent of the clothes it sells in the country.
Named the Dolphin, the vehicle can run for 291 kilometres on a fully charged battery and will be made at the former Ford plant in Bahia.
The two firms intend to boost storage and handling facilities at two ports in the northeast of China’s Hebei province.
When complete, the 30,000-hectare facility in Mozambique’s Sofala province, will be powered by hydropower, solar energy, and wind energy.
Although Lisbon is moving to scrap residency rights for buyers of real estate, it is continuing to permit them for other kinds of investors.