Proposal of Senator Flexa Ribeiro aims to encourage the production of biofuels. Bill goes to the House of Representatives.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Amazon Fund will finance monitoring forest out of Brazil
The Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) will receive U.S. $ 11 million of the Amazon Fund to monitor deforestation in the forest, through BNDES.
How to combat the recent increase in Amazon deforestation
Among August/12 and March/13 losses of forest increased 90%. To stop them, is necessary to seek solutions that go to the cause of the problem.
Multiplication of routes between Brazil and Peru is expensive and unnecessary
Avalanche of new initiatives of roads and railways to connect the two countries is expensive and destructive. It is necessary to rationalize projects.
“Can not build at all cost”, say Tolmasquim
The great challenge of the dams in the basin of the Tapajós is “build preserving as much as possible.”
Journalist threatened after denouncing magistrate for alleged ties to illegal mining
Following the denounce, the judge publicly threatened to imprison the journalist.
Amazon’s flood/drought cycle becoming more extreme, less predictable
The researchers, suspecting that temperatures in the tropical Atlantic might be influencing rainfall, also assessed sea surface temperature data from the NOAA.
Amazon Be Dammed: Deforestation Undermines Future Viability of Brazil’s Hydropower Projects
Boom energy-hungry in Brazil drives the country to explore a vast hydroelectric potential of the Amazon.
Rough justice as Brazil tries to right past wrongs to Indians
The government of Dilma tries to correct past mistakes, expelling seven thousand farmers and settlers, and turning the area in Xavante reserve.
Droughts and floods in the Amazon will be more frequent, says study
A scientific study indicates that the hydrological cycle of the Amazon will be increasingly unpredictable and with extremes.