Conventional logging and sawn wood is responsible for something between 6.5 and 24.9 tonnes of CO2.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Terra: Indigenous leader Raoni asks UN help against infrastructure in Amazon
Raoni appealed to United Nations and international community to press the Brazilian government to review development projects in the Amazon and preserve the rights of indigenous.
Interactive map: Amazon Under Pressure
InfoAmazonia special map with data on the impacts of mining, oil, roads, deforestation, fire and hydropower in 9 countries in the jungle.
Butterflies of the Amazon rainforest in photos
See the butterflies of different colors, designs and sizes, all photographed during Cicloamazonia Expedition, a bicycle journey on the Transamazonic road.
Amazon Under Pressure Atlas: Solution for Amazon
Results of the study on the biome should serve to public policy formulation for sustainable development in the Amazon.
Video: Tapajós in trance
This video presents the second report in the series Public Amazonia on the hydroelectric project in the Tapajós River.
The river of gold and soy
Beyond discussions on hydropower, the Tapajós river lives on mining issues – legal or illegal – and the expansion of agribusiness.
Juriti Pact
The negotiation between the Alcoa multinational and western riparians of state of Pará generated an unprecedented agreement by “loss and damage”, but there are still doubts about the viability of the model.
Development Discord
In communities that will be affected by the dams in the Tapajós River, between anxiety and craving, misinformation prevails, while advancing the work plans.
Architecture of destruction
The government plans to build at least two power plants until the end of the decade in Tapajós, in a place full of biodiversity and beauty.