The number of fires nearly doubled this year in Brazil. And one of the main reasons are the criminals burnings for agricultural expansion.
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Amazon dirt and dust, where there should be forest
Three friends traveled by bike a road that is the mirror of Brazil that still grows based on the policy of scorched earth.
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NPR: Guess Who’s Chopping Down The Amazon Now?
Despite progress that’s been made in Brazil, deforestation is increasing in the other 40 percent of the rainforest. The problem is particularly serious in Bolivia.
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Amazon deforestation could trigger drop in rainfall across South America
Deforestation could cause rainfall across the Amazon rainforest to drop precipitously.
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Madre de Dios: The wealth of its forests, its people
Madre de Dios is one of Peru’s Amazonian departments that faces serious threats such as mining and the expansion of the agricultural frontier.
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Tambopata celebrates 12 years as Natural Protected Area
The reserve celebrates its 12th birthday as one of the most important Natural Protected Areas in the country. Tambopata is an Amazon jewel that should remain protected.
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EcoD: Day of the Amazon: biome covers 60% of the Brazilian territory
It is celebrated this Wednesday, September 5, the day of the Amazon. The date was chosen because on that day in 1850, Don Pedro I created the province of Amazonas.
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Cicloamazonia: first phase of the project completed
By bike, they concluded a major recent journalistic expeditions: a journey of 1300 km in the heart of the Amazon.
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Council bans use of mercury in Negro river
The government of Amazonas are deciding the future of Resolution 011, which regulates the use of mercury, which is highly toxic, in the mines of the state.
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La Republica: Deforestation monitoring system for satellite images will be used in Peruvian Amazon
From September, a new system will allow independent monitoring of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon by using satellite images.