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Booming soy industry could threaten Brazil’s climate commitments

By 9 de May de 201619 de November de 2020

Soy production is booming — but researchers are warning that the soy industry’s rise could be the downfall of Brazil’s climate commitments.

Peru’s climate commitments threatened by advancing oil palm

By Annika McGinnis 2 de May de 201614 de September de 2020

The way Peru is pushing the production of oil palm in the Amazon is weakening these pledges.

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.

Regenerated forest is a sponge that absorbs carbon

By Giovanny Vera 16 de February de 201614 de September de 2020

Research by an international consortium that includes Brazilian scientists shows that secondary vegetation in Latin America absorb 11 times more CO2 from the air than do mature Amazonian forests.

Amazon wildlife provides services for $ 5 trillion to the planet

By Giovanny Vera 1 de February de 201614 de September de 2020

Estimate corresponds to carbon held in the forest by monkeys and tapirs, when they disperse the seeds of large trees, say researchers from the UK and Brazil

Paris fight against exploitation of the Ecuadorian Amazon

By Giovanny Vera 17 de August de 201514 de September de 2020

The French region of Île-de-France, where Paris is located, has signed an agreement with Sarayaku, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, to compensate carbon emissions and trying to paralyze the petroleum industry in that area.

Protected areas of the Amazon absorbs 11 times more carbon

By Giovanny Vera 28 de July de 201514 de September de 2020

Research shows the importance of reserves and indigenous lands compared to unprotected areas, at a time when climate change is already fact in the region.

The Amazon rainforest absorbs less and less carbon

By Giovanny Vera 4 de May de 201514 de September de 2020

According to “Nature” magazine, the Amazon rainforest goes wrong. Every day catches less carbon.

Nature: Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

By Giovanny Vera 20 de March de 201514 de September de 2020

Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon.

Hydropower is accused of reservoir filling without remove vegetation

By Giovanny Vera 30 de January de 201514 de September de 2020

The Public Prosecutor opened investigation into accusations. Irregularity was spotted in aerial photographs and published in Olhar Direto site.

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