Yale Environment 360: In recent years, Brazil has been widely praised for reducing deforestation in the Amazon by 70 percent from 2005 to 2012. But with United Nations climate talks set to begin next week in Paris, analysts are taking a closer look at Brazils pledges to cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, with some saying there is less there than meets the eye.
One of the more outspoken critics of the countrys forestry and CO2-reduction policies is Brazilian political scientist Maria Fernanda Gebara....