El Instituto Humboldt compiló los resultados de estudios de 59 investigadores, mostrando la situación ambiental y su estrecha relación con el desarrollo del país.[:]
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Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon’s carbon
New study asserts lax, nonexistent land rights put indigenous-held forests at risk of development
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Rising deforestation, fossil fuels use drive Brazil’s emissions 8% higher
Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits.
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Jatta Wöötanö – Yekuana: Ethno-communications about their culture
This is a project in Venezuela for training of indigenous youth in digital media and appropriation of information technologies and communication.
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Preparing the Shipibo Cultural Festival of Chariboan Joi
Representatives of Peruvian indigenous communities organize cultural festival to strengthen their indigenous identity.
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Carnegie Airborne Observatory: Field plots offer biased view of the Amazon
Field plots in the Amazon are often not representative of the habitats surrounding them, potentially biasing extrapolations made across the region.
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Achuar and Shuar community voices broadcasting online
Project aims to help Amazonian community radio stations to have their own website and to transmit online.
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Revitalizing the Tsimane’ Language in the Bolivian Amazon
The Tsimane Universe Language Project is a long-term undertaking that requires the participation of different members of society Tsimane’ to achieve its general objectives, participation and strengthening intergenerational involvement of language and culture Tsimane’.
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Chariboan Joi: “Voices Flying As Maracana Parrot”, a Peruvian project
“Chariboan Joi,” means “Voices Soaring Like the Maracaná Macaw” in the Shipibo language. Our project have that name because those parrots are very boisterous and travel long distances, which is what we seek with our stories.
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Hackers in Brazil come together to monitor water quality
Concerned about the current water crisis in Brazil, professionals from various disciplines have gathered at the event “Hackatona: data and sensors to measure water quality,” sponsored by the InfoAmazonia Network, data and mapping platform focused on the largest rainforest in the world.