The family chose not to report so far for fear of retaliation or that the investigations would be halted
Amazon under pressure
Stories on “Amazon under pressure“
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Environmental regulation in Brazil: Crime and land traffic with CAR
Designed to be an effective environmental regulation instrument, the Rural Environmental Registry in Brazil is used by squatters and gangs who profit from illegal logging,
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Matt Hansen: know the geographer that monitors global deforestation
The Global Forest Change project, developed by Matthew Hansen of the University of Maryland, monitors forests using algorithms to distinguish changes in forest cover using satellite images.
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Peru: United Cacao project is in territory classified as forest land
According to studies by the Ministry of Agriculture, most United Cacao deforestation occurred in soils suitable for forestry, which is not permitted.
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Recession can not justify the end of the environmental licensing
Constitutional Amendment Proposal suppresses the environmental licensing and will lead to an explosion of mining, hydropower and new roads in the Amazon
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Scientists and conservationists analyze impacts and challenges in Amazon Basin
Specialists present results on fisheries, watershed management, environmental pollution, carbon storage and biodiversity in the Amazon.
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Our impact in the Amazon is even greater than imagined
Efforts to conserve tropical species will not succeed if we do not take into consideration the control of the most common disorders caused by man: logging, forest fires, among others. By Thiago Medaglia, Photo by Flavio Forner
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Ironies that happen in Brazil: Army kills Olympics Mascot
The jaguar was the species chosen as a symbol of the Brazilian delegation. In Manaus, after being displayed in the parade of the Olympic torch, he ran and finished dead.
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Indigenous leaders react to possible demarcations revision in Temer government
The Brazilian interim government of President Michel Temer, who took over after the departure of Dilma Rousseff, complete one month on June 12 without setting an agenda for indigenous peoples of the country.