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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Nanay-Pintuyacu-Chambira Conservation Area Alto celebrates third anniversary
The area conserves natural resources and fragile ecosystems of forests on white sand, flooded forests by black water upland forests.
Terra-i Ciat: Terra-i goes to the Peruvian Amazon to catch deforestation in the act
Terra-i published a video of its first field validation of its data on vegetation cover changes for the years 2011- 2012 in Pucallpa, Ucayali, in Peru. This validación was realizada between September and October of 2013.
Several Amazonian tree frog species discovered, where only two existed before
Researchers used a combination of genetics, morphology, and acoustics to examine tree frog species. Of the eleven potentially new species they found, the authors are certain that at least four are completely new to science.
Terra: In Brazil, the Trans-amazon highway was blocked in protest again the Belo Monte dam
One hundred fishermen affected by the construction of the hydroelectric Belo Monte in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon blocked a stretch of the Trans-Amazon highway on Tuesday.
In Acre state, photographer accompanies the drama by floods
More than 5,300 people left their homes and were taken to public shelters. One person died due to leptospirosis and another is missing.
G1: NASA concludes that the Amazon absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits
Research shows that forest helps to combat global warming. While living trees absorb CO2, dead trees emit this gas.
Rondonia State is underwater, guilty of hydroelectrics?
In 2007, IBAMA did not want to license the plants on the Madeira. Heads rolled and the plants left. Now, are suspected to worsen flooding in the region.
Yasuni: threatened refuge in the lap of the Ecuadorian Andes
The junction of the Amazon basin and the Andes created one of the most biodiverse places in the world, at risk of being destroyed by oil exploration.
FAN: Communities produce wild cocoa in the Bolivian Amazon
The Association of Producers and Collectors of Cocoa in Baures, Bolivia, in 2012 produced nearly 1715 tons of wild cacao.