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Encouraged by Bolsonaro, mining requests on indigenous lands reach record numbers in 2020

By 13 de November de 202024 de November de 2020

Exclusive survey reveals 145 requests filed with the National Mining Agency as of November 3, the highest number in 24 years. A bill presented by President Bolsonaro would legalize activities currently prohibited by the Constitution. Image: operation against illegal mining in TI Kayapó, in 2017. Photo: Felipe Werneck/InfoAmazonia.

Caravan in defense of the Tapajós River warnings dams in Para state, Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 6 de September de 201614 de September de 2020

The event was a mobilization  held by social movements of organizations of Pará municipalities of Santarém, Itaituba, Jacareacanga and Aveiro. These organizations are unified in the Tapajós Vivo movement, based in Santarém.

Mining, mercury and illegality in the Amazon: Not all gold shines

By Giovanny Vera 12 de April de 201614 de September de 2020

Contamination of people and environments by mercury increases in the Amazon, while agreements and government actions to reduce the problem are still on paper.

The carbon credits of Santo Antonio hydroelectric: the dam’s meaning

By Giovanny Vera 17 de February de 201614 de September de 2020

Discover the implications of the Santo Antonio dam in Rondonia, Brasil, in the case of carbon projects, according to Philip Fearnside.

Huni Kuin indigenous people celebrate education in the Amazon

By Giovanny Vera 21 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

The festival takes place every year in December, when parents, teachers and relatives from different villages celebrated for three days with games and activities of indigenous culture.

Government subsidizes 43% of Belo Monte hydroelectric equipment, Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 4 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

The larger work in building of Brazil, the Belo Monte dam, received a billion dollars of financing from BNDES for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Of this total, 43.2% will be paid by taxpayers.

Brazilian hydroelectric Belo Monte receives operating license

By Giovanny Vera 25 de November de 201514 de September de 2020

The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted on Tuesday (24) the environmental license for the Belo Monte dam to begin operation in Para State.

Documentary The Ashes of Belo Monte – Repórter Brasil

By Giovanny Vera 24 de November de 201514 de September de 2020

Documentary follows the deforestation made by Belo Monte to clean the area to be flooded. Trees are burnt irregularly and plant wastes hundreds of logs.

Behind the fire there is deforestation, with 88% more in Amazonas state, Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 12 de November de 201514 de September de 2020

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.

Smoke from fires of October in Manaus was seen from space

By Giovanny Vera 10 de November de 201514 de September de 2020

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.

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