People from all over offering to volunteer and donate to local actions in the Brazilian forest. If you want to help, this is an initial list of NGOs
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Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed
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”
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 […]
Com seca, queimadas avançam pelo Brasil
[:en]Mapa com a última contagem feita pelo sensor VIIRS, que possui maior resolução e revelou mais de 6000 focos de calor no dia 26 de julho
Eyes on the forests: an Interview with Dr. Matthew Hansen, University of Maryland
Monitoring the state of the world’s forests is a monumental task with challenges in data collection, interpretation and display. The Global Forest Change (GFC), a project developed by Professor Matthew Hansen of the University of Maryland´s Geography Department, tackles this issue by using algorithms to distinguish forest cover and change in satellite imagery. From this […]
InfoAmazonia e UFOPA firmam parceria para pesquisar uso de sensores de qualidade d’água
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
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.[:]