To compensate the environmental impacts of implementing the Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Teles Pires, on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Sucunduri State Park in the Amazon will receive an compensation for protected areas.
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This is the layer of news links submitted by the public and journalists who are concerned with mapping the main issues of the Amazon rainforest. See the link bellow to also send us weblinks.Esta é a camada de notícias enviadas pelos leitores e jornalistas que colaboram com o mapeamento dos principais temas da floresta amazônica. Use o link abaixo para enviar matérias.Esta es la capa de noticias enviadas por lectores y periodistas que colaboran con el mapeo de los principales temas del bosque amazónico. Use el link de abajo para enviar noticias.
A Crítica: IBAMA and CREA perform surveillance in the Amazon
Inspections are being made in places where there are sauim-collared monkeys as a way to preserve the species, which is an important symbol in Manaus.
A Crítica.com: An ‘information ferry’ to stimulate eco-tourism in the Amazon
The Floating Center is the idea of the State Department of the Environment in Brazil to boost tourism in protected areas. The vessel will have capacity for 150 people and will follow an environmentally friendly standard, says the department.
Inovação Tecnológica: Amazon exuberance is only 4000 years old
What has been the impact of the natural oscillations of long and medium duration on the climate? How has what is now the largest forest in the world evolved in the past 50,000 years? To what extent does past data confirm the projections for the future?
A Crítica.com: Indigenous block highway ‘TransAmazon’ and Belo Monte dam
The indigenous are claiming for more schools, housing and land demarcation. In a statement, Norte Energia, responsible for the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, condemned the closure of the highway.
EBC: Amazon should have increased from January to March rains
According to Sipam, increased rainfall occurs from January to March, due to the influence of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone, which has maximum activity in this period.
O Impacto : 890 thousand baby turtles will be released in the Tapajos river in the Amazon
The preservation of turtles guarantees, indirectly, the protection of several other species such as the manatee, red and tucuxi porpoises, various migratory birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish – a natural resource widely used by local coastal communities for consumption and income.
Download the study “Climate Future of the Amazon”
Learn the report of the scientific evaluation of the South American rainforest conducted by researcher Antonio Nobre for Amazon Regional Articulation (ARA).
South American commodity boom drives deforestation and land conflicts
A commodity boom has unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fueling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile.
6:20 A.M., ornithologist looking birds in the Colombian Amazon
The story of the day an ornithologist, a bird specialist, which is part of an expedition for a rapid ecological assessment in the Colombian Amazon.