The use of leaves and branches increases rosewood oil production by 25%.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Amazonia por la Vida: Yasuní, the rude awakening from a dream!
Special report of the environmental and social situation of Yasuní / ITT.
Folha de S. Paulo: Work of the Growth Acceleration Program causes conflict in the Amazon
Construction of power transmission line of 1,800 km, linking Pará and Manaus to Macapa, became a source of conflict.
D24AM: Three million hectares protected along the BR-319, in the Amazon
The implementation strategy of conservation units in the area of influence of the BR 319 highway will prioritize the development of management plans.
The Epoch Times: Partnership tries to compensate the reduction of CO2 emissions in the Amazon with REDD +
A partnership between a state and bank intends to financially compensate for reductions in deforestation in the Amazon jungle using REDD +
Aljazeera: ‘Carbon pirate’ acquires Amazon resources
Australian carbon pirate attacks Amazon indigenous again, this time to the Yagua, in Peru.
Belo Monte: BNDES releases first billion of brazilian reais
Norte Energia consortium, responsible for the construction of the plant, just received the first part of 5.2 billion of Brazilian reais for the controversial work.
RT: The Amazon lost more than 4,600 square kilometers of forest in 2012
The deforested area between August 2011 and July this year reached 4665 km2, according to the Monitoring Deforestation in the Legal Amazon Project.
BBC: Farmers try to create a new model of development in the Amazon
In the Brazilian Amazon, farmers group tries to establish the economic viability of sustainable extraction of natural oils from local plants.