Environmental damage caused by construction of the BR-319 highway can increase deforestation in the Amazon region, illegal occupation of land and contamination in Manaus, researchers say.

Amazonia Blog: For Nobel Winner, floods in North and drought in Southeast are related

April 6, 2014

Philip Fearnside, scientist specialized in climatology and based in Manaus, has warned for decades about the growing risk of climate catastrophes.

Peru: Petróleo e mineração unidos contra áreas naturais protegidas

August 18, 2016

Petroleum and mining, after destroying and contaminating everything they touched, now want to invade Peru’s national parks.[:]