Brazil’s plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could end any attempt made by the country to protect the forest, said Philip Fearnside, from Inpa.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Arapaima: the sweetness of the freshwater giant
The arapaima is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, reaching up to 200 kg.
Reuters: Ecuador says that companies join Yasuní Green Initiative
About a dozen companies are contributing to a vanguardist conservation plan on Ecuador which seeks to be paid for not exploring part of the Amazon rich in oil.
Most controversial aspects of Brazil’s new Forest Code vetoed as legislation signed into law
Brazilian President signed into law a revised version of the country’s Forest Code, vetoing some of the most controversial changes proposed by agricultural interests in Congress.
The 9 vetoes to the Forest Code
Dilma applied a pruning to changes made by Congress in the Decree issued by herself. Ruralists want to go to the Supreme Court.
Two primates of Brazil among the world’s 25 most threatened
Two species unique to Brazil are on the list released by the IUCN, one inhabits the Amazon and the other lives in the Atlantic Forest.
Imazon: Altamira concentrates 30% of deforestation in September
Amid an alarming increase of 154% of the clearcutting total, in September, SAD pointed municipality of Para as critical location in the region.See infographic
El Comercio: Prince of Asturias Foundation will compensate carbon footprint generated in week of awards
The Foundation will compensate their carbon footprint with an initiative to avoid deforestation in a hundred thousand hectares of forest in the corridor Vilcabamba-Amboró.
Globo: Amazon rainforest loses 431 km² area in September, says Imazon
Index presented by NGO shows 153% incresase in deforestation compared to 2011. Most of the degradation was registered in the state of Pará.
The Guardian: Shaman and British wife embark on rainforest campaign against oil threat
They will embark this week on a house-to-house campaign in their Amazonian village to dissuade locals from granting oil exploration.