Drought can overcome historic drought of 2005, if volume of rainfall does not increase in the region.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Starts the extermination of the last uncontacted peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Huaorani warrior admits having directed killing of five Taromenane nomads in inter-ethnic war encouraged by logging and oil companies that try to invade the Indian Territory Yasuni National Park.
Experts reiterate need for a moratorium on dams in the Amazon
They consider prevailing development strategies in Amazonian countries and the new regional architecture (UNASUR, BNDES) threaten the sustainability of the ecoregion.
DAMOCRACY The Movie
A documentary that debunks the myth of large-scale dams as clean energy and a solution to climate change.
Madre de Dios: Prosecutor asks for prison for 8 years for Chinese miner by pollution
The authority also requested $ 20,000 in civil damages as a sanction for defendants.
Illegal meat is dangerous, antisocial and unsustainable
There is a risk of 30% of the meat you consume is coming from clandestine slaughter. It can transmit disease and come from deforested land.
Meet the new catfish of Pará flows
They have always lived there, but only now have been discovered. The irony is that studies for the construction work which are threatening them made possible the discovery.
Burned rainforest vulnerable to grass invasion
The findings suggest that burned forests may be more susceptible to subsequent fires which may burn more intensely due to increased fuel loads.
Amazon: the world’s greatest rainforest or internet giant?
Brazil and Peru have lodged objections to a bid made by the US e-commerce giant for a prime new piece of cyberspace: “.amazon”.
Frequent understory fires change rainforest community composition
The research assessed the impact of different fire cycles on rainforest plant species.