Experts say the withdrawal of armed guerrillas within the Amazon is quickly leaving the area vulnerable to cattle ranching, mining and more deforestation.
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Globo: Isolated indigenous group may disappear from deforestation in Maranhao state, says NGO
The indigenous Awa-Guajá can disappear due to the advance of logging and exploitation of its territory.
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The race against time to save the Xingu
In order cope with pressures non-governmental organization has been heading sustainable actions in the region for the past 15 years. ||
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The dubious wood of luxury buildings
Company is involved in various environmental and social offenses such as use of irregular management plans and illegal exploitation of timber on indigenous lands.
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BNDES’ unsustainable funding in the Amazon
The role of Brazil’s public bank in Amazonian countries has been highly detrimental to local populations and the environment, contrary to what the institution publicizes.
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La República: Back to home
Diego and Sudamérica are the names of a couple of manatees who in March will return to the wild after being reared for 3 years in the Amazon Rescue Center in Loreto.
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Yet another controversial project between Brazil and Peru
Peru launches a convocation for the building of a highway between Pucapallpa and Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil’s most isolated city, placing under risk populations and ecosystems in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest.
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Ciência Hoje: Emissions from lakes and rivers in the carbon cycle
Research shows that continental freshwater bodies such as lakes and rivers, release more methane into the atmosphere than expected.
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Biodiversity in textures
The photography of this essay was mostly taken at the Yasuní National Park,
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BR-319: towards realityBBC: Ecuador’s Amazon drilling pledge still to take shape
Vila Realidade (or Reality Village), along the BR-319 highway and to the south of the Amazon Rainforest, is a township waiting for the asphalting of the road that begins to open up a path to deforesting in the most untouched portion of the Amazon.Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park is one of the most biodiverse areas in […]