Series of photos by Taylor Weidman show what life is like for people who live around the construction site of the Belo Monte dam in Brazil.
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International Rivers: Siemens denounced for damming Latin America’s future
International activists intervened at shareholder meeting requesting that the company withdraw from its role in Brazil’s Belo Monte mega-dam.
Amazônia.org: In Pará, indigenous people apprehend machines and expel miners
After receiving death threats, munduruku expell miners from indigenous lands in the far west of Pará, Brazil.
Minister announces actions against illegal deforestation in the Amazon
The Minister of the Enviornment, Izabella Teixeira, announced an intensification of government actions against deforestation.
Audit Office points to mismanagement of Amazon protected areas
The Audit Office of the state of Amazonas pointed to problems in the protected areas, including lack of state investment despite available funds.
BNDES: 17 works in the Amazon suffered public prosecutor actions
Most infrastructure projects of the National Bank of Social Development were questioned.
Has Brazil turned against its progressive environmental policies?
By the 1980s, Brazil had “the broadest environmental legislation in the world.” However, things have changed in the last few years.
75% of properties have environmental pending issues in the 1st year of the Forest Code
According to WWF-Brazil, seven in ten rural lands in Brazil have some kind of pending environmental.
G1: IBAMA creates base in Apuí in Amazonas State, to reduce deforestation
Municipality is the 2nd largest producer of livestock in the state, needing pastures. In May, Ibama applied over $ 2.5 million in fines for deforestation.
How to combat the recent increase in Amazon deforestation
Among August/12 and March/13 losses of forest increased 90%. To stop them, is necessary to seek solutions that go to the cause of the problem.