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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.

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.

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.

Prodes and Deter: get to know these strategic systems in the fight against deforestation in the Amazon

By Aldem Bourscheit 15 de February de 202212 de April de 2022

The INPE programs are vital to keep the forest standing. While Prodes generates annual deforestation rates, Deter makes daily alerts to improve monitoring against tree cutting and fires.

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.

In two years, five community leaders murdered over land dispute involving authorities in North Brazil

By Julia Dolce 10 de February de 202225 de February de 2022

A series of murders, threats and persecutions have affected the daily life of Cedro and Flexeira, two quilombola communities in Maranhão state, in the northeast of Brazil. A judge, a prosecutor and a substitute city council member are directly involved in land conflicts targeting the communities.

The anti-Amazon bills on the agenda for Congress

By Aldem Bourscheit 4 de February de 202211 de February de 2022

Institutions heard by InfoAmazonia and PlenaMata list the bills that pose the biggest threat to the forest and its peoples. Containing the threats depends on popular pressure and organized opposition to Bolsonaro.

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