The Minister of the Enviornment, Izabella Teixeira, announced an intensification of government actions against deforestation.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Pan-Amazonia according to Brazil
Works negotiated by the BNDES in the South American Amazon include hydro with cracks, leaky pipeline and a road that shook the presidency of Bolivia.
BNDES, for export
In the name of globalization, BNDES financing of Brazilian contractors abroad grew 1185% in 10 years.
Petrobras wins oil and gas concession in the Amazon
Company will can explore the region with one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the Amazon. Area is full of watersheds and endemic species
Loreto: lake affected by Pluspetrol still has oil residue
Assessment and Environmental Control Agency fined almost $ 7 million to Pluspetrol Norte for polluting and disappear the Snashococha lagoon in Loreto.
Large mining said that it will support the government in the fight against illegal miners
Manager of Goldfields La Cima mining company announced that the companies engaged in the mining industry in Peru will support the Government in its fight against illegal mining and formalization in the case of informal miners.
Fires make space for soy in the Araguaia region
New fire mapping details how Amazon rainforest has been destroyed in advancing agricultural frontier in northeastern Mato Grosso.
Oil extraction to take place in proposed Amazon tribe reserve
Company slated to start producing in the next few days, but indigenous peoples’ lives are at risk.
Workers paralyze works of the Belo Monte dam in Pará
Workers ask for salary increase of 11% and other benefits. Union estimates that 27,000 workers are on strike.
Loreto: near 200 rivert turtle were released in Nauta
The river turtle release was led by the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve with the participation of local schools.