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Coral reefs in Northeast Brazil prevent BRL 160 billion damage

The coral reefs that draw tourists to the Brazilian Northeast's coastline also act as crucial barriers against the sea's impact in many cities in the region.A study conducted by the Grupo Boticário Foundation reveals that these natural formations near continents or islands prevent up to BRL 160 billion in damages to urban infrastructure by reducing the force and height of waves reaching the coast.The calculation is based on the potential harm that storms and tides could cause to structures like buildings, houses, industries, ports, highways, streets, and sidewalks if coral reefs didn't mitigate the strength of the waves.Four cities served as parameters for the calculation (Recife and Ipojuca in Pernambuco state; and Maragogi and São Miguel dos Milagres in Alagoas state). The values...

In Brazil, women are victims in six out of ten cases of racism online

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In Brazil, women are victims in six out of ten cases of racism online

Racism is gender-biased. In Brazil, women are the victims in six out of ten cases of racism and racial insult on social networks that have been tried in the last 12 years. Such is the conclusion in an unprecedented study by the Bahia School of Law, the Jus Brasil legal portal, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which looked at offenses against black people on social media.A total of 107 lower court rulings were examined between July 2010 and October 2022 in criminal, civil, and labor cases involving the two types of crime.According to the results, only 18.29 percent of the cases had men as victims. In 23.17 percent of the lawsuits, no gender was identified. This happens because these cases were episodes of racism in which a whole group of people are offended, and no one...

Brazil still imports 90% of raw materials for vaccines, medicines

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Brazil still imports 90% of raw materials for vaccines, medicines

A technical note from nonprofit Oxfam Brasil casts light on Brazil’s lack of self-sufficiency in vaccine production. According to the document, entitled Capacidade de Produção de Vacinas no Brasil (“Vaccine Production Capacity in Brazil”), published Wednesday (Oct. 25), Brazil imports 90 percent of the raw materials used to make vaccines and medicines and 50 percent to manufacture medical equipment.The note points out, however, that Brazil has leading institutions in vaccine production, such as Fiocruz’s Bio-Manguinhos Institute and the Butantan Institute, the world’s tenth largest vaccine maker.“However, the country is far from being self-sufficient. While China has more than a thousand factories producing IFA24 [the raw material for vaccines], in Brazil this number comes near 15,” th...