Lines connect Manaus and Macapa to the National System. They cross 29 municipalities in 3 states and cost twice as expected.
O Eco
((o))eco is a network of journalists having no connection to political parties, companies or any interest group. It’s mission is to engage in stories that cover the environment and promote conservation. ((o))eco train’s and provides experience to young writers, photographers and camera men to cover environmental issues.((o))eco é feito pela Associação O Eco, organização brasileira que se preza por não ter fins lucrativos nem vinculação com partidos políticos, empresas ou qualquer tipo de grupo de interesse. O conteúdo do site é fruto do trabalho de uma rede de jornalistas e especialistas. Sua missão é:
– Dedicar-se à cobertura de pautas sobre o meio ambiente. Nossa razão de ser é a conservação da natureza
– Treinar e propiciar experiência a jovens escritores, fotógrafos e cinegrafistas vocacionados à cobertura ambiental, sejam eles jornalistas por formação ou não. ((o))eco é uma escola que espera impulsionar a carreira de profissionais brilhantes, motivados e espalhados por todos os cantos do Brasil.((o))eco es realizado por la Asociación O Eco, organización brasileña sin fines lucrativos ni vinculación con partidos políticos, empresas o cualquier otro grupo de interés. El contenido de la web es fruto del trabajo de una red de periodistas y especialistas, muchos voluntarios y otros que trabajan en tiempo parcial. La gracia de participar de ((o))eco no es financiera, y sí el de creer y beneficiarse de su misión de:
– Dedicarse a la cobertura de temas ambientales. Nuestra razón de ser es la conservación de la naturaleza.
– Entrenar y brindar experiencia a jóvenes escritores, fotógrafos y profesionales de la TV con vocación ambiental, periodistas por formación o no. ((o))eco es una escuela de espera impulsar la carrera de profesionales brillantes, motivados y distribuidos en todo Brasil.
Oil spill in the mountains of Ecuador may have come to Peru
Rupture of pipeline spills 11,000 barrels of oil reaching the rainforests of Ecuador. Peru and Brazil are at risk.
Prediction for the Amazon Fire
NASA scientists say that climate conditions are more important for the occurrence of fires in the Amazon that deforestation.
Iténez Guapore Basin, species refuge that goes from Bolivia to Brazil
River that crosses the two countries gathers natural conditions which house a vast aquatic fauna, persecuted and decimated in other places.
Abused life that resurfaces on a animal recovery center
The lens of Diogo Lagroteria, coordinator of the sorting center, reveals images of recovery routine of rescued animals.
Confirmed the lowest deforestation of history in the Amazon
Consolidated data shows that annual deforestation was even smaller than believed when preliminary results left in November.
Guide: Birds of the Amazon
The 3rd edition of the popular posters Rio das Furnas Reserve is available. Check out the work of Renato Rizzaro on Amazonian birds.
Amazon river digests trees dragged
Research shows that the rivers of the Amazon basin have bacterias capable of digesting stems and trunks of trees and turn them into CO².
Bolivia: Government will explore oil and gas in protected areas
Madidi and Tipnis parks in the Bolivian Amazon could be exploited. Meanwhile, studies are stopped due to lack of environmental license.
The dirty, expensive and oppressive energy from hydroelectrics
It is a fallacy to say that hydropower is clean and cheap, because it causes deforestation and does not account for the costs imposed to local people.