Money will go to the Amazon Fund, administered by the BNDES. Country pledged 1 billion to Brazil to protect forests.
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Forum discussion progress of large projects in the Amazon
New phase of development is accelerated in the region. Meeting in Belém, NGOs and companies warn about environmental impacts, but claim that governments do not listen.
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Atlas Amazon Under Pressure: 240 000 km2 deforested in 10 years
Study presents an overview of the Amazon on 6 major threats: mining, oil, roads, deforestation, fire and hydroelectric.
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BBC: The struggle for oil in the Amazon
Official plans of extraction of natural resources put in conflict Ecuador’s president and indigenous leaders of this Andean country.
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Workers who stopped the progress
Protagonists of strikes that gained national prominence, the workers who build the plants in Rondônia still living under pressure and risk of accidents.
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Mining in Colombia, horizon of hope or chaos
Big companies will enter into areas of the most biodiverse and preserved Amazon. But the government says it will help in conservation.
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Peru: large projects and tiny mining threaten the Amazon
Peruvian destroy your slice of the forest with large infrastructure and illegal miners seeking fortune through gold.
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Video: Raging River
The video shows the second article in the series Amazonia Pública, about hydroelectrics on Madeira River: http://apublica.org/amazoniapublica/madeira
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Sierra del Divisor, an Amazonian paradise with many threats
Fourth Power TV program aired a story on the Sierra Divisor Reserved Zone, a lush paradise mountains in the Amazon of Ucayali.
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The tragedy of deforestation is still continuing
Brazil achieved the lowest rate of deforestation in its history, but the continuation of deforestation is still a tragedy.