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Category: Protected Areas

Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future

By Sibélia Zanon 21 de March de 202321 de March de 2023

According to a new study from RAISG, in just five years, the Amazon could lose almost half of what it lost in the past two decades.

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.

Illegal mining sparks malaria outbreak in Indigenous territories in Brazil

By 25 de November de 202023 de January de 2021

A letter from Jacareacanga City Hall, obtained exclusively by Mongabay/InfoAmazonia, asks the Evandro Chagas Institute for help because of a “major outbreak of malaria” in the municipality’s indigenous lands and points out that the increase in cases is related to illegal mining in the region. by Hyury Potter, Eduardo Goulart de Andrade e Fábio BispoTranslation: […]

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020

By 13 de November de 202024 de November de 2020

Exclusive survey reveals 145 requests filed with the National Mining Agency as of November 3, the highest number in 24 years. A bill presented by President Bolsonaro would legalize activities currently prohibited by the Constitution. Image: operation against illegal mining in TI Kayapó, in 2017. Photo: Felipe Werneck/InfoAmazonia.

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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

Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020

13 de November de 2020

Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future

21 de March de 2023

Illegal mining sparks malaria outbreak in Indigenous territories in Brazil

25 de November de 2020

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