The rumored clean energy produced by powerplants has an impact that governments prefer to ignore. Brazilian researchers and activists explain the risks of these enterprises.
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Social and environmental achievements are threatenedBBC: Amazon river level in Peru at 40-year low
The new Colombian government shows interest in expanding mining activities in the Amazon without any environmental guarantees.The Amazon river has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, causing severe economic disruption in a region where it is the main transport route.
Illegal land occupation in Terra Legal
A land regulation program launched last year by Lula’s government has been the target of controversies involving an increase in illegal occupation of Amazon Rainforest estates.
Ecuador shows the political will to save the YasunĂ
The government of Ecuador turns back and accepts a partnership with the UN to create a fund against the exploitation of oil in one of the most preserved regions in the Amazon Rainforest.
Forest fires in the Bolivian Amazon
After years of forest fires ravaging vast regions, official and environmental agencies begin to take action to avert the worst during the dry season in the Bolivian forest.
The “2005”: drought and storms in the Amazon Rainforest
Five years ago, the tropical forest not only suffered the stiffest drought ever heard of but new research shows that a major storm felled thousands of trees, a sample of just how vulnerable the Amazon Rainforest is becoming to extreme climatic phenomena.
Forest’s ugly duckling to the rescue
From being cut down for firewood and garden fences to serving as pasture ground for goats, mangroves have never really been seen as a legitimate member of the forest family. Now,Guyana’s mangrove forest takes on a new look
Renewed moratorium, reinforced monitoring
The new term of the agreement that forbids the planting of soy in deforested areas in the Amazon Rainforest will be jointly monitored in partnership with Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Mining vs. protection of the biodiversity
The world’s largest protected area, the Grão-Pará Ecological Station continues to be threatened by the Rio Tinto mining company’s interests in exploiting bauxite in its interior. A Work Group defines by September whether the protected area will be reduced.
Peru, Brazil and energy from the Amazon Rainforest
Lula and Alan GarcĂa signed an energy agreement that cause impacts to the Peruvian Amazon. Many problems, few discussions and high risks.