According to Imazon, 582 square kilometers of trees were felled in a year. Pollution of the smoke endangered the health of the population, but the Amazonas state government has invested in agribusiness with the Safra Plan.
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Smoke from fires of October in Manaus was seen from space
Landsat system images, from NASA, let you see how the skyline of Manaus went gray in the last days of the month, at the peak of the hottest season in the northern region of Brazil.
The smoke covering Manaus comes from fires in the Amazonas State, says Inpe
After the high pollution index registered in the city, Amazonas State Government creates hastily a center to combat the fires.
95% more burnings and forest fires in September in Amazonas state, Brazil
In 21 of the 62 municipalities of Amazonas State, the fire situation is critical, including registration of endangered animals dead. Manaus dawns with strong smoke haze.
Community leader was killed under omission of the State of Amazonas, Brazil
The leader of Portelinha community, Maria das Dores Salvador Priante, was kidnapped, tortured and murdered 20 days ago in Iranduba, as a result of agrarian conflict with the accused of ordering the crime.
Fieldwork to investigate the Madeira River hydroelectrics in Brazil is stopped
The experts, all renowned specialists, should analyze and collect data from the restudy of the environmental impact of dams in the region
Amazonas state government is once again against the environment
Approved law in the Legislative Assembly that allows state agency to license works without waiting manifestation of federal environmental institutions.
Brazilian state may give license without cosigner of environmental authority
Infrastructure works, civil construction, mining, roads, port terminals, and others, may receive environmental license without manifestation of federal agencies such as Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources and National Indigenous Foundation.
Three manatees have been rescued in the Amazon state, Brazil, this year
And this is not good news because it means that the animal removed from the free-living has little chance of returning to live in nature.
Amazon fishermen want to reduce time of moratorium on piracatinga fish
Just entered into force a ban on fishing and marketing of piracatinga ( Calophysus macropterus </ em>) to contain the indiscriminate killing of dolphins and caimans, and fishermen in the state of Amazonas began to articulate to reduce the moratorium