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Category: Biodiversity

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

Endangered Amazonian mangroves protect the climate, wildlife, and economies

By Aldem Bourscheit 11 de February de 202224 de February de 2022

The Amazon holds 80% of Brazil’s mangroves. A bridge between terrestrial and marine environments, mangrove formations guard stores of greenhouse gases, shelter unique species, and maintain human populations, but they are under threat.

Conserved landscapes act as barriers against diseases like Covid-19

By Aldem Bourscheit 28 de January de 20227 de February de 2022

Scientists emphasize that reducing the threats of contagion by zoonoses depends on “landscape immunity”, but in Brazil, the maintenance of large conserved environments runs into loopholes and delays in implementing the Forest Code.

Hunting, deforestation, and fire threaten jaguars in the world’s largest rainforest

By Aldem Bourscheit 7 de December de 20218 de December de 2021

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office wants harsher penalties for a gang that killed big cats in the state of Acre. No one has been arrested. In the Amazon, human action kills or displaces about 350 jaguars every year.

Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed

By Gustavo Faleiros 7 de February de 201722 de September de 2020

The dorado catfish, which can grow up to 2 metres long, is an important source of food for people along the world’s longest river. It was suspected of making a spectacular journey, but a careful new analysis of the distribution of larvae and juvenile and mature adults has confirmed the mammoth migration.

Yolanda Kakabadse: ‘While the rainforest is politically divided, the biome is one”

By Gustavo Faleiros 27 de September de 201615 de September de 2020

Yolanda Kakabadse – the indefatigable defender of sustainability – is a former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment and the current International President of WWF. Kakabadse also founded CDKN alliance partner Fundacion Futuro Latinamericano, is a member of CDKN’s Network Council and has been involved in the Amazon Security initiative. In this interview with Miren Gutierrez, she […]

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Hunting, deforestation, and fire threaten jaguars in the world’s largest rainforest

7 de December de 2021

Endangered Amazonian mangroves protect the climate, wildlife, and economies

11 de February de 2022

Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum

10 de March de 2022

Conserved landscapes act as barriers against diseases like Covid-19

28 de January de 2022

Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed

7 de February de 2017

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