Agriculture and livestock occupation benefited from the construction of new roads stimulated the destruction of the Amazon in Bolivia, that reached 1.6% of the territory in 10 years.
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Amazon Under Pressure 2012 Atlas
Special about the impacts of mining, oil, roads, deforestation, fire and hydroelectric power plants in 9 countries of the forest.
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Unesco submitted proposal to preserve the Manu to the effects of climate change
UNESCO presented a project that will help preserve the biodiversity of the site and the safety of those living in the buffer zone.
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Life in transit
In the midst of works in Rondonia, thousands of men and women meet and grow apart, and the money disappears with the same speed that comes mixed with sex, violence and lack of public agencies.
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Raging river
Waves swallow homes, fishes appear dead, while fishermen suffer from hunger. The Santo Antonio hydroelectric changed the river and life in Rondonia.
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Megawatts War
While companies fight to extract maximum energy from the Madeira River, the local population is at the mercy of the complex consequences of the works.
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Deter October Numbers on InfoAmazônia
After two months of high followed, the rate of deforestation and degradation fell again, reaching the figure of 277 km ², a decrease of 28%.
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Loreto: University students liberated about 400 turtles
On Nanay riverwalk, Iquitos, a group of students from the National University of the Peruvian Amazon released about 400 baby turtles Podocnemis unifilis, born in captivity.
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CCTV News: ‘Mapping’ Assesses Never Before Seen Parts of Amazon Rainforest
CCTV News joins with scientists for a bird’s eye view of the Amazon Rainforest as they explain the latest technology they are using to assess its ecological value called mapping.
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Exame: Deforestation in the Amazon in impressive numbers
Throughout history, the forest lost 745,000 km ² of vegetation, an area equivalent to the size of 490 cities of São Paulo.