Reporting of the peculiarities and transformations of a city of Alto Solimões who has just received its first university.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Much more than just survival
Project aims to train students who value the traditional knowledge of farmers of the Upper Solimões.
Against protests, government sends National Force to Belo Monte
Troops of the National Force will stay 90 days, preventing protesters occupy the construction site and paralyze the plant’s construction.
WWF creates list of environmental sins of Belo Monte
Hydroelectric under construction in Pará is included by WWF in report on violation of sustainability criteria in dam construction.
Tradition, crime and punishment
Research monitors impact of the bill that seeks to criminalize the practice of some tribes to abandon children deemed unsuitable to belong to the community.
Land tenure regularization reduces deforestation in protected areas
New study shows that the most important factor to reduce deforestation in protected areas is land tenure regularization.
Balsa overturns and spilled asphalt compound in Negro River
Thirty thousand liters of compost used for asphalt production leaked after boat they were hit on the river rocks and sinks.
Brazil create online plataform to mapping its biodiversity
With the greatest biodiversity on the planet, Brazil wants to gather all the data of species and ecosystems in millionaire database.
Supermarkets will stop meat arising from deforested area
Agreement signed by the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets will trace the origin of the meat. Rule is do not buy beef from bad origins.
Vila da Resaca: the remains of a golden dream
Near Altamira, the mining that was thriving today is decadent and uses precarious techniques risking men’s health and the environment.