At the heart of the Amazon, 8,000 employees and hundreds of trucks and machines built the third largest dam in the world.
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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.
Al Jaazera: Brazil’s military takes healthcare to Amazon
Almost half of Brazil is covered by the Amazon. But providing healthcare services to the millions who live there is no easy task.
La RepĂşblica: : Amazon: Afrodita mining would affect 15,000 Wampis and Awajun native peoples
Awajun and Wampis native people were being affected by operations of Afrodita mining, denounced indigenous leader.
BBC Brasil: Gold rush moves by Brazil-Peru road and attracts indigenous
The Interoceanic highway, which connects Brazil to Peru, has housed in its margins camps of miners, who had been exploring the Amazon for gold. In this quest, they add to Indians of the region.
Gaia Noticias: Bolivian river dolphin is at risk of disappearing
Bolivia has a unique species in the country that lives in lakes and rivers of the Amazon.
ElpuercoespĂn: PerĂş: insane for gold
From the Peruvian Amazon comes out the majority of country’s gold, the sixth largest producer of the precious metal.
O Estado de S.Paulo: House approves reduction of protected area
Project becomes law the government decree that allows construction of four dams in protected areas of the Amazon.
Globo: Greenpeace links deforestation in Brazil with automotive industry in USA
Report links illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Para and Maranhao to the production of steel for the automobile industry of USA.
Los Tiempos: Evo insists on building the route Tipnis
President Morales, in a meeting with journalists in his day, insisted that route through the reserve and undermine the legitimacy of the indigenous march.
BBC Brasil: Hydropower in the Amazon tributaries can have serious ecological impact
Study suggests that a large number of dams planned to be installed in the tributaries of the Amazon River can have a large ecological impact throughout the region.