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Higher in 6 years, number of alerts for deforestation in Brazil grows 68% in 2015
5.121 km² of forests were destroyed, compared to 3.036 km² devastated from August of 2013 to July of 2014. It is the largest deforestation verified by Deter in the past six years.
After Brazil, Peru leads deforestation in the Amazon
Peru ended 2014 with 112,800 hectares less in the Amazon forest in relation to 2013. The official Brazilian deforestation in 2014 was four times larger, with 480,000 hectares.
Deforestation advances in the Extractive Reserve of Alto Jurua, Brazil
Research indicates acceleration in deforestation of the first Extractive Reserve created in the country. Study shows lack of investment from the federal government in the unit.
Negro River Basin: A social and environmental vision of the region
Publication presents a social and environmental vision of the greatest black water basin in the world, with a length of approximately 70 million hectares, and shared by four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.
Impact studies of hydroelectric São Luiz do Tapajós are insufficient
The Brazilian environmental licensing agency, IBAMA, asks the reformulation of the impact study in more than 180 points that need to be deepened.
In the Amazon, environmentalists murders follow deforestation trail
In the division by countries, Brazil led the ranking of the activists killed for the fourth consecutive time, where 29 people were killed in 2014.
Government endorses indigenous land to license Belo Monte dam
Formalize the Arara da Volta Grande do Xingu indigenous land is, since 2011, one of the conditions for the hydroelectric plant can operate.
The river tsunami that enchants, devastates and frightens in Acre, Brazil
While the southeast is distressed with water reservoirs in critical condition, the state of Acre, in the far west of the country, lives totally opposite reality. With the historic full, the height of the river Acre passed his own record
Small miners and Canadian mining company dispute Belo Monte gold
The Canadian company Belo Sun, which has no relationship with the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, wants to turn the place in the largest gold exploration project in Brazil.