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.
Tag: conservation
“Eternal Amazon” shows sustainable ways of life
Launched at the Rio Film Festival, the documentary traveled the brazilian Amazon in search of projects that reconcile conservation and production.
InfoAmazonia: September deforestation data are available
Amazon deforestation information can now be viewed on the ((o))eco data and maps platform. Raw data are also available for download.
A Crítica: Management of arapaima advances in Jurua river
By its natural richness, the creation of conservation units in this zone played an important role in the control of predatory fishing. This opened the way for fisheries management.
Justice prohibits Incra to create new settlements in Pará
Without Environmental Licensing and Rural Environmental Registry, Incra can not create more settlements. Measure is to avoid deforestation.
Los Tiempos: Amazon, home to 10% of global aquatic biodiversity
The biological wealth of the Bolivian Amazon is very big. According to recent research data, about 1,000 species of freshwater fish live in the area, where there is a high potential for the fisheries sector.
Presence of Spectacled bear is registered in the Cordillera Azul National Park
After five years since its last sighting, rangers from Cordillera Azul National Park registered the presence of a Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) which was moving into the area.
BBC: Tree rings reveal Amazon’s rainfall history
Samples from eight cedar trees in Bolivia have helped shed light on the seasonal rainfall in the Amazon basin over the past century, say researchers.
CNR: Peru: Amazon, wonder wounded: Kukama Indians speaks
Indigenous radio announcer tells the world his experience of watching the Amazon injury, threatened by mining, oil and major projects promoted by the IIRSA.
La Razón: Sustainable development in the Bolivian Amazon
Proposal presents a special regime for the Amazon region of Bolivia that would implement special legislative protection for the development of this delicate and vulnerable watershed.