A new study suggests that the catfish‘s sensitive life cycle—complete with long journeys timed to coincide with seasonal river flows—may be interrupted by dams in their last remaining refuge.
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Deforestation fronts in the world were revealed by organization
Environmental group WWF has released a new report projecting where the organization believes the bulk of global deforestation is likely to occur over the next 15 years.
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Peru’s mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse
Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile) Marañón River, which begins in the Peruvian Andes and is the main source of the Amazon River.
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Fishing communities to be displaced by dams want a say in their future
Tapajos river fishers may join the group of Brazilians who need public assistance to feed themselves. The federal government has started a series of infrastructure projects that will take the fish away from the fishermen.
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Mato Grosso contains seven of the ten cities that were most deforested in March
Responsible for three-quarters of all deforestation recorded in March this year by the Institute of Man and Environment in the Amazon (Imazon), Mato Grosso dominated the list of cities that were the most devastated forests in the past month: seven of the ten highest in deforestation are in the state.
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Photos: expedition to Amazon’s white sands may have found new primate
Most people think of the Amazon rainforest as a huge and homogenous ecosystem. However, within the Amazon rainforest lie a myriad of distinct ecosystems, sporting unique characteristics and harboring endemic species.
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Halloween in the Amazon: baby bird dresses up like killer caterpillar
Also meet the cinereous mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra), an ash-colored, Amazonian bird that looks rather hum-drum compared to many other birds found in the region.
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Endangered forests shrink due to increased demand for soy
In order to track trade routes from specific production regions to specific consumer markets, project have developed a prediction algorithm they call the SEI-PCS model, which stands for Spatially Explicit Information on Production to Consumption Systems.
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Brazil government confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon
The Brazilian government has officially confirmed that deforestation in the Amazon is pacing sharply higher than a year ago.
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How the Sahara desert keeps the Amazon rainforest going
New research published in Geophysical Research Letters theorizes that the Sahara Desert replenishes phosphorus in the Amazon rainforest via vast plumes of desert dust blowing over the Atlantic Ocean.