From 2000 to 2010, Rondonia had 208 000 km2 of forest lost.200120052010
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Indigenous condition do not absolve natives of environmental crimes
It is good to remember that indigenous people are, next to ICMBio, big guards of the vast preserved areas of Brazilian forests.
The New York Times: Brazil Expands Mines to Drive Future, but Cost Is a Treasured Link to Its Past
A mining company is proceeding with a project that could help revive Brazil’s economy, but it would also destroy caves treasured by researchers of Amazonian prehistoric history.
Some Amazon trees are more than 8 million years old
Some Amazon rainforest tree species are more than eight million years old found a genetic study published in the December 2012 edition of Ecology and Evolution.
The Utcubamba Magical Route in the Amazonas region
Utcubamba Route is a circuit of five private conservation areas in the Amazon region, which show the work of the people to preserve the environment in which they live .
Spiders, scorpions and insects of the Amazon in photos
Watch images of stunning insects and arthropods found during the expedition to the Amazon crossed by bicycle.
G1: Study connects fire raising in the Peruvian Amazon with rural exodus
Skillful farmers in fire control are leaving the region, experts say. The population in the area fell 60% in some Peruvian provinces.
Bolivia.com: Bolivia signs memorandum with Chinese company for hydroelectric in the Amazon
Memorandum could be to build a hydroelectric plant in the Amazon region of Beni.
Deforester of Alto Mayo Protected Forest was sentenced to five years in prison
Nueva Cajamarca Judge sentenced to Alcibiades Cancino Silva to five years in prison for having deforested 3.7 hectares of primary forest in an area of Alto Mayo Protected Forest.
RAISG trained technicians to monitor the forest
Amazon Under Pressure Atlas was a first result, the second is to work on information management and monitoring in each country.