Noncompliance with laws and urbanization cause deaths, say environmentalists. Species is found in three cities; at least 10 die each year.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Podcast: New numbers indicate increased deforestation in the Amazon
According to Imazon, alerts deforestation of the last 12 months indicate that rebound from last year will continue in 2014.
Brasil.gov.br: The Amazon Day is commemorated in this September 5
In celebration of the Amazon Day, the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA, in Portuguese) opened the photographic exhibition: “Amazon: Landscapes, Flora and Fauna”, and in Brasilia the exhibition “Amazon National Parks: legacy of Brazilian”.
Folha de S. Paulo: Illegal logger companies make money with corruption in Peru
The illegal timber in Peru overcomes to the rules and still gets to the American markets.
Amazônia: Campaign against slaughter of pink dolphins in the Amazon delivers petition
The Friends of the Manatee Association (AMPA) and the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) delivered a petition in Brasilia a petition with more than 55,000 virtual signatures urging the protection of aquatic mammals in the Amazon region, especially the pink dolphin.
The Atlantic: Indigenous Amazon Warriors Fight for Their Trees
Frustrated by the government’s lack of action to keep illegal loggers out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, local warriors from several tribes have taken it upon themselves to find logging camps, destroy equipment, and drive out the unwelcome intruders.
Agência Pública: Mouths shut in Belo Monte- lack of dialogue and transparency
Lorraine Fleury notes that the Xingu Vivo group never agreed to discuss the plant’s construction. A different stance from that of the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB), for example, which has a greater historical dialogue with the PT party and with the federal government.
Argenpress: Sucumbios, the land where the water is “worthless”
In 2010 studies were done to determine the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in 23 water samples, 22 were positive.
ICAA: Oil palm cultivation in the Andean Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Watch an interview on the situation and prospects of land use change caused by oil palm monocultures in the Amazon forests.
Folha de S. Paulo: BR-163, the old plan of a insustainable road in the Amazon
In charge of the Ministry of Environment in the first Lula government, Marina Silva had the plan ‘Sustainable BR-163’ as the main attempt to prevent deforestation caused by roads in the Amazon. Folha was the interior of Pará to check what happened to the plan.