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Brazil was responsible for 70% of the CO2e emissions from deforestation in Pan-Amazonia over the last 35 years

By Leandro Chaves 18 de November de 202221 de December de 2022

A MapBiomas study released at COP27 on changes in land use in threatened South American ecosystems found that expanding farming and cattle raising activities were drivers for the loss of Amazonian forests between 1985 and 2020.

Four years of Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction, in satellite imagery

By Fábio Bispo and Leandro Chaves 28 de October de 202228 de October de 2022

Deforestation in the Amazon has spiraled out of control during Jair Bolsonaro’s as president. InfoAmazonia and PlenaMata have illustrated the destruction using satellite imagery.

Luciana Gatti: ‘We are wrecking our rain-making factory’

By Leandro Chaves 29 de July de 202214 de October de 2022

A scientist at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, with almost two decades’ research on the Amazon for, has carried out a ground-breaking analysis of how deforestation puts agricultural production at risk and turns Brazil into a driver of climate change.

Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum

By Leandro Chaves 10 de March de 202210 de March de 2022

Scientists and residents of the Serra do Divisor National Park fear impacts of development on the unique biodiversity of the area between Brazil’s Acre state and Peru

NGOs and governments band together to avoid monocultures of açaí and cocoa in the state of Pará

By Aldem Bourscheit 14 de January de 202228 de January de 2022

Acai production has skyrocketed, increasing 40% since 2015. Authorities and experts are concerned about rising demand and want to ensure that crops are grown sustainably.

Hunting, deforestation, and fire threaten jaguars in the world’s largest rainforest

By Aldem Bourscheit 7 de December de 20218 de December de 2021

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office wants harsher penalties for a gang that killed big cats in the state of Acre. No one has been arrested. In the Amazon, human action kills or displaces about 350 jaguars every year.

Defenders of the sacred hills

By 28 de February de 202015 de September de 2020

In Vaupés, a department in the Colombian Amazon, indigenous peoples cling to their beliefs to protect themselves from mining. A concession for the exploitation of coltan angers three communities: the leaders are threatened and their right to prior consultation has been violated.

Carbono Vivo

New study analyses carbon stocks in the Amazon

By Gustavo Faleiros 10 de February de 202014 de September de 2020

[:pt]A degradação da floresta já representa uma pressão maior que o desmatamento em sete dos nove países da região[:es]El estudio confirmó la conocida hipótesis de que estas poblaciones son “guardianas del bosque”

Ministry of Environment of Peru recognizes a new private conservation area in Loreto

By Rollin Hu 26 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

The Ministry of Environment in Peru (MINAM) set apart 244.92 hectare area in Loreto as a new Private Conservation Area to conserve the ecosystem for local populations.

Recently discovered species and indigenous threatened by dam in the Tapajós

By Annika McGinnis 21 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

Eight new mammal species were found in the construction of São Luiz do Tapajós dam, which may become the most controversial hydroelectric project in the history of Brazil.

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Red toad discovered in the upper reaches of the Amazon

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