Commission of the Amazon approved the bill that encourage sustainable economic exploitation of all Brazilian biomes, and stimulate research and technological training.
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Terra:The fight of indigenous Ecuadorians and Chevron reaches Argentina
The case of environmental pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is about to come to court in Argentina, where the company would suffer the seizure of their property for the first time.
Globo: National Research Institute of Amazonia turns 60
Institution has already 71 patents and 52 other records requests. The Inpa was created by President Getulio Vargas for Brazilians to research the Amazon.
Globo: Environmental reserve in the state of Amazonas full of turtles and lizards in their 30th anniversary
Abufari Biological Reserve is located in the city of Tapauá. About 10 thousand turtles spawn in the site.
The waters which are born in the peaks of the Andes
Meet the project that shows how the Andean highlands and the Amazon forests are part of the same system thousands of miles of extension.
Andes Aguas Amazonia: documentary
Water Andes Amazonia shows the Andean mountains and the Amazon jungle, which are part of the same system: the water rises in the mountains and travels thousands of miles and floods savannas, feeding the planet’s most biodiverse forests.
La Patria: Amazon traces route to 2030
The Amazon Alliance 2030 presented a report with numbers, perceptions and analysis which reflect the situation in six departments of the region, in social, environmental, economic and institutional aspects.
Reuters: Ecuador says that companies join Yasuní Green Initiative
About a dozen companies are contributing to a vanguardist conservation plan on Ecuador which seeks to be paid for not exploring part of the Amazon rich in oil.
Two primates of Brazil among the world’s 25 most threatened
Two species unique to Brazil are on the list released by the IUCN, one inhabits the Amazon and the other lives in the Atlantic Forest.
The Guardian: Shaman and British wife embark on rainforest campaign against oil threat
They will embark this week on a house-to-house campaign in their Amazonian village to dissuade locals from granting oil exploration.