Findings have serious implications for understanding past climate change, and how the Amazon basin might react to more modern forest clearance.
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The Wall Street Journal: Aerial images of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest
Mr. Baleia has sought to dismantle the idyllic, exotic image of the Amazon, where ”nature was untouched and people were living in harmony,” replacing it with graphic, aerial images of an eroded paradise.
InsideClimateNews: Prosecutor Takes on Beef Industry to Put Brakes on Deforestation
Combining local activism with the long arm of its federal prosecutor, the state of Pará advances a new model for combating deforestation.
Residents of Cajamarca and Amazonas oppose the construction of hydroelectric Chadin II
Chadin II includes the construction of a dam 150 meters high, which would flood 32.5 kilometers of land and require an investment of 1650 thousand dollars.
Video: The Amazon in 3D, images like you have never seen
High definition footage of the forest are the strong in this production which opens on Thursday. Monkey protagonist enchants children.
Reuters: Brazil court revokes license for Canadian gold mine in Amazon
A federal court has revoked the environmental license for a massive gold mine planned by Belo Sun Mining Corp on the Xingu River in the Amazon, ruling that the company had failed to assess the impact on local indigenous communities.
Science: Carrots as effective as sticks for slowing Amazon deforestation
An international team of scientists determined that positive incentives for farmers, counties, and states can do as much to preserve forests as public policies that call for penalties.
The Telegraph: World Cup held in detriment of Amazon rainforest
Amazon tribal chiefs highlight the environmental situation in the Brazilian rainforest and speak of their discomfort at the money being spent on the World Cup in Brazil.
Rio Negro in Manaus is experiencing the sixth greatest flood since 1902
The level of the Rio Negro in Manaus, reached 29.36 meters yesterday, according to the National Water Agency (ANA). This is the sixth highest level ever recorded in the Amazon capital since 1902, when the river began to be monitored.
Greenpeace video: Get to know the silent crisis of the Amazon
Greenpeace’s new video focuses on the dangers of illegal logging, and shows that illegal timber’s destination isn’t so far from home.