A series of demonstrations took place in Brasília against Belo Monte and other dams.
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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.
Armed groups depredate forest in Amboró Park
Organizations discovered gangs who take large quantities of timber that sell in Yapacani
Amboro is bled to death at night
Illegal logging in the park is a coldly organized labor
Photographers record deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Photographers traveled for months visiting cattle ranches, illegal logging, coal factories and infrastructure works.
Minister announces actions against illegal deforestation in the Amazon
The Minister of the Enviornment, Izabella Teixeira, announced an intensification of government actions against deforestation.
Oil extraction to take place in proposed Amazon tribe reserve
Company slated to start producing in the next few days, but indigenous peoples’ lives are at risk.
Workers paralyze works of the Belo Monte dam in Pará
Workers ask for salary increase of 11% and other benefits. Union estimates that 27,000 workers are on strike.
Number of jaguars redeemed worries IBAMA in Manaus
Most jaguars in rescue center of IBAMA in Manaus are victims of deforestation and hunters.
World Forestry Day: A thousand hectares of the Amazon are depredated in a year
In Tamshiyacu, Loreto were deforested thousand hectares of forests, in 11 months, according to NASA photos.
Bolivia, one of the countries with the highest deforestation
Bolivia is one of the six largest countries in the world that experienced deforestation between 2000 and 2012.