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Mining firm accused of coercing indigenous groups to exploit potash in Amazon

By Fábio Bispo 28 de April de 202228 de April de 2022

Public Prosecutor’s Office investigates Canadian-controlled Potássio do Brasil for manipulating consultations and land transactions with indigenous people

Regulatory distortions cause medium and large producers to snatch most of the public resources in the Amazon

By Aldem Bourscheit 1 de April de 202214 de April de 2022

A study by PUC-Rio shows that the application of public funds in the rainforest has been distorted and currently benefits mostly large-scale industrial farming.

Illegal mining has been growing for 3 years inside an ecological station deep in the Amazon Rainforest

By Aldem Bourscheit 29 de March de 202211 de April de 2022

Official report identifies dredges and boats supporting the crimes at the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, in the state of Amazonas. Impacts on the integral protection area have been growing since 2019.

Gold, not potassium: the real interest of mining on indigenous lands

By Fábio Bispo 24 de March de 202220 de April de 2022

Forty three percent of all mining requests on the indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon lands are for gold extraction, an InfoAmazonia data analysis reveals. In several of these targeted areas, satellite images show that there is gold mining already taking place without authorization.

Proposal to remove Mato Grosso from the Legal Amazon allows deforestation of an area the size of Pernambuco

By Aldem Bourscheit 18 de March de 202228 de March de 2022

The measure can expand forest losses by at least 100,000 km² in the state, according to an analysis by the Forest Code Observatory, and harm socio-environmental and economic agendas throughout the country.

New study suggests that mercury contamination is widespread among residents of the Amazon

By Julia Dolce 17 de March de 202231 de March de 2022

Although living 186 miles away from the area along the Tapajós River where illegal mining is concentrated, Santarém’s inhabitants are at high risk of mercury poisoning.

Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum

By Leandro Chaves 10 de March de 202210 de March de 2022

Scientists and residents of the Serra do Divisor National Park fear impacts of development on the unique biodiversity of the area between Brazil’s Acre state and Peru

The distribution of rainfall and droughts is changing in the Amazon Basin

By Aldem Bourscheit 4 de March de 202230 de March de 2022

Through satellite images, researchers shed light on the distribution and circulation of water and other environmental changes in the rainforest. Records help measure the impacts of deforestation, mining, and hydroelectric power in the largest river basin on the planet.

Improving the position of hydroelectric plants would reduce impacts on the Pan-Amazon

By Aldem Bourscheit 25 de February de 202214 de March de 2022

Researchers from American and European institutions have created a method to improve the planning and implementation of hydroelectric plants while reducing socio-environmental impacts on the rainforest.

The Amazon’s most devastating January

By Aldem Bourscheit 18 de February de 202224 de February de 2022

Deter’s alerts recorded the largest deforestation in the forest since 2016. The destruction was concentrated in the states of Mato Grosso, Roraima, and Pará and advanced on areas in southern Amazonas and in the region around the BR-319 highway. Deforestation is fueled by a lack of oversight and is expected to grow this year.

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