Brazil maintains funding for major infrastructure works even though the social and environmental impacts to the Bolivian Amazon.
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According to Inpe, Amazon deforestation has fallen 38%
Yesterday, the environment minister, Izabella Teixeira, met with the press to report the numbers of deforestation in the Amazon, according to data from INPE.
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BBC: Bolivian police break up Amazon road protest march
Bolivian police have broken up a long-distance march by indigenous protesters who oppose plans to build a road through a rainforest reserve.
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El Comercio: Google Earth trained journalists in the Amazon
Google trained journalists in the Amazon in order to provide professionals a better view when reporting on environmental issues
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Animals feel emotions?
Photographs taken by Finding Species capture animal expressions of the Ecuadorian Amazon – as happens in humans. The aim was to record the emotions.
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BBC Brasil: Scientists find new species of monkey in Mato Grosso
A new species of monkey found in Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve in northwestern Mato Grosso
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Green livestock: a proposal to change the game in the Amazon
The proposed green livestock in implementation in Paragominas aims to demonstrate that it is possible to reconcile the forest with cattle, and for that, facing the challenges in an organized manner.
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The eight threats to Baños de Agua Santa
Ecuador has plans to build eight hydroelectric. Works can affect traditional communities, which oppose the projects.
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El Espectador: Attorney asks prevent mining in an area of the Amazon
To prevent mining in Apaporis Yaigojé Natural Park located between the departments of Amazonas and Vaupés, asked the Attorney General’s Office to the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining.
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Mato Grosso encourages the occupation of lands of indigenous people
A state council approves a law that consolidates the deforestation of the Marãiwatsédé territory and transfers the Xavante people to a full protection park.