Study on the Soy Moratorium shows the positive impact of the agreement and suggests not only keep iy, but extending it to protect the Cerrado.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Hydropower is accused of reservoir filling without remove vegetation
The Public Prosecutor opened investigation into accusations. Irregularity was spotted in aerial photographs and published in Olhar Direto site.
Indigenous Juma, a history of abandonment and survival in the Amazon
The Juma faced successive massacres and were almost wiped out by defending the territory of the rubber tappers invasion and chestnut traders in the 60s.
With drought and hottest year in the history, fires rise 60% in Brazil
Were 183,000 fires detected by satellite throughout the year, 60% more than in 2013, when the number of fires had reached the lowest value since 2000.
Stanford News: Scientists team with indigenous will produce carbon calculations
By teaching basic ecology field work techniques to indigenous groups in the Amazon, Stanford researchers have found that satellite measurements of rainforests in the area underestimate the region’s carbon storage potential.
Biosphere Reserve Pilon Lajas: (Indigenous) People of the Forest
The story of the inhabitants of the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands, in the Bolivian Amazon
A Crítica.com: Sucunduri State Park in Amazonas to receive resources
To compensate the environmental impacts of implementing the Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Teles Pires, on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Sucunduri State Park in the Amazon will receive an compensation for protected areas.
A Crítica: IBAMA and CREA perform surveillance in the Amazon
Inspections are being made in places where there are sauim-collared monkeys as a way to preserve the species, which is an important symbol in Manaus.
Gold Rush leaves trail of deforestation in South America
Study shows that rapid rise in international prices encouraged race for metal in the Amazon and led to the destruction of forests.
A Crítica.com: An ‘information ferry’ to stimulate eco-tourism in the Amazon
The Floating Center is the idea of the State Department of the Environment in Brazil to boost tourism in protected areas. The vessel will have capacity for 150 people and will follow an environmentally friendly standard, says the department.