The Brazilian government has officially confirmed that deforestation in the Amazon is pacing sharply higher than a year ago.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Nature: Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink
Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon.
Calha Norte: 2 million hectares of forest and a new economy on the horizon
The region has 23 protected areas and 2 million hectares of forest. Projects seek to promote the sustainable development of the area.
Deforestation has moderate increase, but accumulated in the year is high
In the last quarter, clearcutting alerts in the Amazon increased 5.43%. But in the last six months since August increase is 90%.
Tapir oil pipeline, a threat to the National Park of Picachos
The two largest oil companies in the country, including the country’s largest company, are studying to build a pipeline through a national park, even though the Constitution prohibits it.
How the Sahara desert keeps the Amazon rainforest going
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters theorizes that the Sahara Desert replenishes phosphorus in the Amazon rainforest via vast plumes of desert dust blowing over the Atlantic Ocean.
Loreto: Were suspended resolutions authorizing oil palm projects
Superior Court of Justice of Lima suspended four resolutions of the Ministry of Agriculture to allowed the development of two big oil palm projects in Peruvian region of Loreto .
Peru will allocate funds for environmental remediation of petroleum affectation
Government will establish a fund for environmental remediation of the basins of the rivers Pastaza, Tigre, Corrientes and Marañón (Loreto region), impacted by the extraction of hydrocarbons.
Just now Brazil discovers the water, and it is in its own Amazon
It was necessary for the two largest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, stay under the threat of collapse in providing for the serious reality was imposed to the negligence and incompetence of the government, and the insensitivity of the population.
Techgoondu: Google Street View extended to the Amazon rainforest
Google is bringing the wonders of the Amazon to a larger audience with a new set of Street View images of the world’s largest tropical rainforest.