On Saturday, 28, three cyclists depart of São Paulo for a two months by the BR-230, the Trans-Amazon Highway.
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Witness the “Water Cycle” in the state of Amazonas
The flood and drought occur more and more intense, according to records. Witnessing climate changes that surprise us every year.
Amazonia.bo: Saving turtles in the rivers of Pando
Turtle eggs are collected and planted in chelonian repopulation project.
Amazonia.bo: Tumichucua: A natural paradise in the Amazon
Tumichucua captivates visitors with presence in its waters of a teardrop-shaped island, which the community considered a floating island.
Actualidad Ambiental participates in Infoamazonia: regional project that monitors the Amazon rainforest damage
Actualidad Ambiental participates in digital mapping project of environmental news on the Amazon.
Conservation Network Madre de Dios rejects bill that would affect national park and indigenous territories
Project was rejected because “is a threat to indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation”.
Google Earth Engine: Amazon Deforestation: Timelapse
Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery.
Government delays release of data from Deforestation
Reported regularly since 2008, Deter system numbers are overdue three months. The reason seems to be lack of organization of Ministry of Environment
El Tiempo: Controversy over the mining reserve in the Amazon
Mining activity in 44% of Colombian municipalities requires the creation of Strategic Reserve Mining of 17 million hectares.
Herencia: Poverty and richness in the Amazon
In the Amazon coexist high rates of natural, ethnic, cultural, and even economic richness, with also high rates of extreme poverty, malnutrition, mortality, gender inequality and incidence of preventable diseases.