Data on Friday about the Amazon indicate growth of 714%. However, losses keep downward trend in the year.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Los Tiempos: Foreign Office study defines impact of dams in Bolivia
Study elaborated in 2013 is a monitoring system that identifies which areas are impacted, both in the short and medium term.
G1: Flooding of Madeira River cuts highway and state of Acre may suffer stockouts
The State of Acre depends on the road to get food, fuel and gas. The historical level of the Madeira River reached 18.01 meters.
Amazônia Real: Emissions dams underestimated by methodologies and conversions
Improper sampling methodology can be determining emission values that are several times smaller than they should be.
Madeira River in Rondônia, will continue to rise, says Civil Defense
The number of displaced and homeless families, mostly residents of villages, settlements and districts of Porto Velho, also grew.
Los Tiempos: Bolivia known effects of Brazilian dams
More than six years since the Government already knew that Brazilian dams built on the Madeira River basin would cause major flooding in the country.
Rondoniaaovivo: Madeira River hydroelectrics exceed set limit and affect thousands of families
“State of emergency” was declared in Porto Velho due to heavy rains and great flood on the Madeira River. It could be the biggest flood in 100 years.
G1: Group evaluates possible rupture of hydroelectric gates in the Amazon
Experts assess the flood implications in the population lives in the capital, Porto Velho. Hydroelectrics deny any influence on the flood of the Madeira River.
Deforestation of 13,000 hectares of primary forest caused losses of $ 347 million
An organization reported that between March and October last year 13,076 hectares of primary forests were deforested in Tamshiyacu and Nueva Requena, to install industrial monoculture plantations such as palm oil.
Postponed vote that can extinguish the Amapá State Forest, in Brazil
Upon recommendation of the State Prosecutor, the project will not be discussed further. For government, movement that aims to extinguish protected area is because elections.