The temperature in the Amazon is expected to rise 5 to 6 C until the end of the century, according to projections of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change.
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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 Ă© a camada de notĂcias enviadas pelos leitores e jornalistas que colaboram com o mapeamento dos principais temas da floresta amazĂ´nica. Use o link abaixo para enviar matĂ©rias.Esta es la capa de noticias enviadas por lectores y periodistas que colaboran con el mapeo de los principales temas del bosque amazĂłnico. Use el link de abajo para enviar noticias.
New York Times: Amazonia or Bust!
Babylon is glorified for its walls, Athens for its letters, and Constantinople for its empire, but Quito trumps them all: to this city belongs the discovery of the great river of the Amazon.
The Stabroek Editor: Miners polluting Suriname’s Brownsberg Nature Park
Empty plains, polluted streams and temporary camps are witnesses to the destruction of the Brownsberg Nature Park that now resembles a moonscape.
Bolivia.com: Institutions from 8 countries present a new map about the Amazon
Amazon Network for Social and Environmental Geo-referenced information developed new map Amazonia 2012: Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories .
La Prensa: 1.200 turtles are released into two rivers in the north of Bolivia
The Ministry of Environment and Water yesterday released 1.200 turtles in Orthon and Tahuamanu rivers, in the department of Pando, in compliance with turtle repopulation project in the Bolivian Amazon.
Boston Globe: 100 Amazon birds risk extinction, group says
The list of Amazon bird species facing danger of extinction has risen sharply because their rainforest habitat is being slashed to make room for cattle ranching and agriculture, a conservationist group said.
The Guardian: Amazon deforestation at record low, data shows
Deforestation of the Amazon has fallen to its lowest levels since records began, according to data recently released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research.
ArbioPeru Project offers an hectare to be protected in the Peruvian Amazon
It is a conservation project that was born to protect the Amazon, through the sponsorship of hectares of forests to protect them from deforestation.
The New York Times: Pakitzapango dam threatens Ashaninka community
Project for construction of the Pakitzapango dam, would hurt significantly way the livelihood of Ashaninkas communities settled on the banks of Ene River.
Pantanal News: Terra Legal mapped 31 400 rural properties in the Amazon
In three years, the Terra Legal program delivered 2,388 property titles on Amazon and have measured and mapped others 31,400 properties in an area of ​​3.16 million hectares.