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12 GB of updated datasets on the most pressuring issues of the Amazon rainforest. All data available for download. Get graphical analysis through maps and charts.
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citizen network
Get news from a network of journalist which expands through 9 countries and read first hand reports of citizens and NGOs sent directly from the cities, forests and rivers of the Amazon
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Illegal mining sparks malaria outbreak in Indigenous territories in Brazil
A letter from Jacareacanga City Hall, obtained exclusively by Mongabay/InfoAmazonia, asks the Evandro Chagas Institute for help because of a “major outbreak of malaria” in the municipality’s indigenous lands and points out that the increase in cases is related to illegal mining in the region. The municipality is home to the Munduruku, Kayabi, and Sai Cinza indigenous lands.
Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020
Exclusive survey reveals 145 requests filed with the National Mining Agency as of November 3, the highest number in 24 years. A bill presented by President Bolsonaro would legalize activities currently prohibited by the Constitution.
‘Do I deserve to die for speaking on behalf of a people?’
Eronilde Fermin is the chief of the Omágua Kambeba in São Paulo de Olivença, in the Brazilian Amazon. The following is an account of the struggle of unequal forces she faces when trying to guarantee indigenous education, medical care during the pandemic, and protection against invaders
‘Defending the jungle is defending community life,‘ says leader from Ecuadorian Amazon
Rosa Aranda faces two miseries. One in her own body: she was infected by Covid-19. The other is the historical pollution generated by the oil industry, which threatens the territory in which she lives, Piwiri, in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest.
Special projects
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View this project Mined Amazon
The Mined Amazon map shows in real-time the updates of mining requests within the 385 Indigenous Lands and 49 Integral Protected Areas of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. The Federal Constitution of 1988 and federal law No. 9,985 / 2000, known as the Law of the National System of Nature Conservation Units (SNUC), prohibit any type of mining activity in these areas.
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View this project Mercury, chasing the quicksilver
Mercury trafficking reveals how Venezuelan gold is laundered into legitimate supply chains and could end up in products made by the world’s biggest corporations.
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View this project InfoAmazonia Colombia
The InfoAmazonia Colombia platform adds updated satellite information on its map along with stories generated by journalists.
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View this project Money giving tree
Meet family farmers, technicians and government officials who help the country produce and at the same time recover Amazonian forests
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View this project Floods Alerts
Pilot platform to inform local communities in advance about flood risks and empower journalists and researchers for historical analyzes of river levels
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View this project InfoAmazonia Network
The project developed a low-cost monitoring system to analyze water quality for human consumption, and made the implementation with communities in the Brazilian Amazon. The results of the analysis are presented on real time in InfoAmazonia platform and alerts are sent to consumers through SMS.
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View this project CO$TING NATURE: a mapping tool for ecosystem services
A tool created by a geographer at King’s College of London, shows that, at current rates of degradation, the largest planet in the rain forest will last only 245 years.
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View this project Social Progress Index in the Amazon
Map brings Social Progress Index data for the 772 municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon, raised by the NGO Imazon
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View this project Brazilian Deforestation Policy
How much money is spent by the federal government to preserve the Amazon? Where resources are invested? A look at the modern era of deforestation (2007-2014) shows the successes and failures of the government’s strategy to combat the devastation of the Brazilian Amazon.