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Indigenous people maintain occupation in Belo Monte
Since Thursday, a group of 150 indians are camped in one of the construction sites. They require compliance with agreements.
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Estado de São Paulo:Temperature in the Amazon can rise 6º C
The temperature in the Amazon is expected to rise 5 to 6 C until the end of the century, according to projections of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change.
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New York Times: Amazonia or Bust!
Babylon is glorified for its walls, Athens for its letters, and Constantinople for its empire, but Quito trumps them all: to this city belongs the discovery of the great river of the Amazon.
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The Stabroek Editor: Miners polluting Suriname’s Brownsberg Nature Park
Empty plains, polluted streams and temporary camps are witnesses to the destruction of the Brownsberg Nature Park that now resembles a moonscape.
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Bolivia.com: Institutions from 8 countries present a new map about the Amazon
Amazon Network for Social and Environmental Geo-referenced information developed new map Amazonia 2012: Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories .
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La Prensa: 1.200 turtles are released into two rivers in the north of Bolivia
The Ministry of Environment and Water yesterday released 1.200 turtles in Orthon and Tahuamanu rivers, in the department of Pando, in compliance with turtle repopulation project in the Bolivian Amazon.
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Illegal logging reduces cedar and mahogany in Peru
International organization denounces that 35% of exports of cedar and mahogany to the United States would be of illegal origin, under the eyes of the authorities.
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The case of the Iñapari-Puerto Esperanza Road
The road would expose residents and isolated indigenous in the region to environmental degradation and drug trafficking. Better to make the road in Acre.
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Boston Globe: 100 Amazon birds risk extinction, group says
The list of Amazon bird species facing danger of extinction has risen sharply because their rainforest habitat is being slashed to make room for cattle ranching and agriculture, a conservationist group said.