Three Brazilians will make a tour by bicycle at the Transamazonian road BR-230, to assess the impacts of urban expansion and infrastructure works carried out.
Tag: biodiversity
The best of the year ((o))eco: Conservation
From the discovery of new species to the crazy denounces of the attempt to create a huge reserve in Tocantins with African animals.
Butterflies of the Amazon rainforest in photos
See the butterflies of different colors, designs and sizes, all photographed during Cicloamazonia Expedition, a bicycle journey on the Transamazonic road.
Invasions in indigenous lands threaten sustainable fisheries project
Incursions of fishing boats attracted by increasing numbers of fish threatens pirarucú management of Paumari indigenous in Purus River.
Estadão: Study registers thousand of fish species in the Madeira River basin
Research for three years in the region of the Santo Antonio Hydroelectric Power, the largest ever built in the Amazon, shows the river as the most biodiverse in the world.
Online platform will map investments in biodiversity in Amazon
The Ecofund is an open portal which will be launched during the congress of the Network of Environmental Funds in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Globo: Medicinal plants of the Amazon illustrate new postage stamps
Postage stamps are a tribute to the 117 years of the Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará. Images show plants used as anti-inflammatory and even as aphrodisiacs.
Rare caecilians are found in the Madeira River
6 rare amphibians called caecilians were found by team building the Santo Antonio hydroelectric plant in Rondonia.
DailyMail: Scientists discover new species of ‘blind snake’ in Brazilian river
New species of ‘blind snake’ in Brazilian river that looks remarkably like a piece of the human anatomy
Semana: Home of dolphins is in risk
There are five reasons why Colombia should be declared a wetland of the Amazon as a protected zone. But due to lack of a position of the Ministry of Mines, this has not been possible.