July 2013

Loreto: “Virgin Forest”, new Private Conservation Area

The area is an ideal place to carry out research activities, tourism and environmental education.

Family started mining without environmental certification.

The areas are Benjamin III Forest in Madre de Dios and La Pampa del Burro in Amazonas.

Data of Imazon detected 184 km clearcut, an increase of 437% over the same period last year. Degradation also rose.

Should be avoided importation of the metal for this industry and use inexpensive and biodegradable technology already available in the country.

Since 1871 there were not described so many Brazilian bird species by one time.

Between the BR 163 and BR 230, a lot of dust, broken car and stories. Stories of the road that borders the Amazon National Park.

Proposal to allow the cultivation of cane sugar, illegal mining and exploitation of rare earths are threats on the northern region of Brazil.

After a series of interviews, the most frequent complaint is about the federal government’s intransigence undertaking works which affect everyone.

Geographer studied for more than 40 years the expansion of agriculture on the region. Died on Saturday, aged 82, a victim of lung cancer.