A Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA) ampliou e consolidou a parceria com o InfoAmazonia, que já há dois anos trabalha no monitoramento comunitário e de baixo custo da qualidade da água na região amazônica
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Booming soy industry could threaten Brazil’s climate commitments
Soy production is booming — but researchers are warning that the soy industry’s rise could be the downfall of Brazil‘s climate commitments.
A Tipping Point For Humanity?
The negotiations at COP21 in Paris have not just been about climate change, but about our ability to act as a community of nations.
Why did the Brazilian government present a doubled rate of deforestation?
On August 14, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) presented the official rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2013 and July 2014. This result is 3% higher than the number announced in November 2014.[:]
Through May 2015, there has already been 90% of the 2014 amount of deforestation in the Amazon
This year – which started in August 2014 and runs until July 2015 – has already seen 2 765 km² of land indicated by Deter deforestation alerts, INPE’s Real Time Detection System of Change in Forest Cover.[:]
Mato Grosso contains seven of the ten cities that were most deforested in March
Responsible for three-quarters of all deforestation recorded in March this year by the Institute of Man and Environment in the Amazon (Imazon), Mato Grosso dominated the list of cities that were the most devastated forests in the past month: seven of the ten highest in deforestation are in the state.
Visualizing Two Years of Fires in the Amazon Rainforest
Why we decided to make this map Fires in the Amazon, both purposefully and accidentally started by people, along with naturally occurring fires, are a serious problem with implications for global climate change.[:]
A los 74 años falleció Antonio Brack, el primer ministro del Ambiente de Perú
En 2008 Brack diseñó las bases y normativa para la creación del Ministerio del Ambiente, y luego fue nombrado como ministro. Ahí se destacó por sus esfuerzos en la lucha contra la minería ilegal en la Amazonía peruana.[:]
Informe revela el estado actual de la biodiversidad en Colombia
El Instituto Humboldt compiló los resultados de estudios de 59 investigadores, mostrando la situación ambiental y su estrecha relación con el desarrollo del país.[:]
InfoAmazonia participa de encontro sobre monitoramento ambiental por comunidades
O monitoramento e manejo da biodiversidade e recursos naturais por comunidades têm se tornado forma essencial de articulação da sociedade civil em prol da conservação do meio ambiente. Projetos que envolvem populações tradicionais para coletar dados acerca de transformações ambientais ou ONGs que empregam novas tecnologias para monitorar o ar e a água são alguns […]