Over the course of our experiment, 60 percent of the trees died with combined drought and repeated fire.
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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.
El Mundo.es: Gold miners are threatening the Colombian Amazon
In the Caquetá River, a tributary of the Amazon, are already sixty five dredges to extract gold from its funds. Their way of working, with no respect for nature, is changing the ancient customs of the riparian peoples.
Avina: Jungle Fever: The Amazon and climate change
In special edition of Ecuador Terra Incognita magazine, specialists published an extensive article on relationship between Amazon and climate change.
Erbol: Bolivian university calls for international arbitration over Brazilian dams
The rector of the University of Beni suggested international arbitration to define the level of impact of Brazilians dams Jirau and San Antonio in flooding in Bolivian Amazon.
Global Post: They razed paradise and put up a soybean lot
Brazil’s agro powers are excited to be edging closer to soy giant the United States. But environmentalists say there’s another reason to be very afraid for the rain forest.
Penn State News: Project study formation of rain in the Amazon rainforest
Triggering rainfall in the Brazilian Amazon jungle is the focus of a Penn State/Brazilian project that is part of the GoAmazon program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Brazilian agencies.
El País: The curse of the Amazon gold in La Pampa, Peru
In the territory of La Pampa, lost in the depths of Peru, there is no law. An activity that has 40,000 hectares deforested and polluted waters.
Imazon: Deforestation in reduced protected areas in the Amazon
Between 1995 and 2013, the federal government and the governments of Rondonia, Mato Grosso and Pará removed the protection of 2.5 million hectars in 38 Protected Areas in the Legal Amazon.
IADB: Acre State shows that keeping the forest intact is good business
Reconcile the urgent need to reduce poverty and preserve the rainforest is certainly the biggest challenge for the promotion of development in the Brazilian Amazon.
Los Tiempos: Lula vetoed a technical report against dams
The license for hydroelectrics Jirau and San Antonio was denied in 2007 by a technical board of IBAMA, considering them unsustainable. Then there were layoffs at the top of IBAMA and the Ministry of Environment.