In the division by countries, Brazil led the ranking of the activists killed for the fourth consecutive time, where 29 people were killed in 2014.
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Mato Grosso concentrates seven of the ten cities that most deforested in March
With 75% of all deforestation recorded in March this year by the Imazon, Mato Grosso led the list of cities that most devastated forests in the past month: seven of the ten largest in deforestation are in the state.
Researcher uses drones to study the planet’s most biodiverse rainforest
Tiputini Biodiversity Station uses drones to study and monitor biodiversity in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve.
InfoAmazonia carry out workshops with communities in Tapajós River region
Rede InfoAmazonia project began operations for monitoring of water quality with three workshops with riverside communities in two cities in the Brazilian Amazon. The next step is to install inexpensive sensors created by the project.
Investments for preserving the Amazon descended in Brazilian government
Federal spending in control of deforestation and preservation of the Amazon were 3.6 times lower in the first Dilma Rousseff’s mandate (2011-2014) compared to paid in the second government of Lula da Silva (2007-2010)
The three Brazilian municipalities with more deforestation alerts in February
Ranking of three municipalities with more deforestation alerts: Porto dos Gauchos, in Mato Grosso; and Vitória do Xingu and Itaituba, in Pará.
Infoamazonia updated map of official warnings of deforestation in Brazil
The Infoamazonia updated map of deforestation alerts Deter system, of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). With the new data, the map now includes the deforestation polygons detected by October 2014.
With moratorium on Amazon, soy exported to Europe migrates to Cerrado
Project connects information about commoditiessince production, customs and trade to track the entire production chain – from the producer to the end consumer
Sensor network will monitor water quality in communities in the Amazon
In 2015, our team will release InfoAmazonia Network, an environmental monitoring sensor system of low cost that will be able to measure basic parameters of water quality and send alerts to consumers.
Murder of Dorothy Stang, Amazon defender murder, celebrates 10 years
Social and environmental rights activist, Dorothy pushed for years the creation of an Amazon sustainable development model area. Died murdered with six shots.