ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRIBUTARIES OF THE AMAZON RIVER HAS FALLEN TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN OVER A CENTURY, FOLLOWING A FIERCE DROUGHT THAT HAS ISOLATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RAINFOREST INHABIT...
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SPECTACULAR SPECIES PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD ARE BEING DISCOVERED IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AT A RATE OF ONE EVERY THREE DAYS, ENVIRONMENT GROUP WWF SAID IN A REPORT PUBLISHED TU...
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ABOUT 103.5 SQUARE KM OF RAINFORESTS DISAPPEARED IN MARCH AND APRIL IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON REGION, ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF PARIS, SAID A NEW REPORT. Photo courtesy of apoloniox70/Flickr
http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2010/06/deforestation-worsens-in-brazilian.html
THE THIRD "GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY OUTLOOK" FOUND THAT DEFORESTATION, POLLUTION OR OVEREXPLOITATION WERE DAMAGING THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING THE AMAZON ...
http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2010/05/un-fears-irreversible-damage-to-natural.html
THE PALM OIL PROGRAM MARKS A NEW FOCUS FOR BRAZIL, WHICH CURRENTLY PRODUCES ABOUT 110,000 METRIC TONS OF CRUDE PALM OIL PER YEAR, A FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT PRODUCED BY MARKET LEADERS INDONESIA ...
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"ALL OF THE REASONS I FOUGHT AGAINST IT 20 YEARS AGO ARE STILL THERE. IT WILL DESTROY AN ENTIRE RIVER SYSTEM AND DESTROY THE LIVES AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND HAVE LIVED THERE...
http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2010/05/sting-voices-opposition-to-amazon-dam.html
AMAZON DEFORESTATION ROSE AGAIN , ACCORDING TO IMAZON. IN MARCH, THE FOREST LOST 76 SQUARE KILOMETERS (KM ²) OF VEGETATION, A 35% INCREASE OVER THE SAME MONTH IN 2009. Please note: This arti...
http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2010/05/amazon-loses-76-km-of-forest-in-march.html
ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM GLOBO AMAZÔNIA, THE STUDY CONDUCTED BY GILVAN SAMPAIO OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPECIAL RESEARCH (INPE) FOUND THAT THE VEGETATION OF THE AMAZON WILL BE PARTICULARLY I...
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IN SHORT, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PROTECT FLORIDA'S NATURAL WONDERS AND THE HEALTH OF OUR ECONOMY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE UNLESS WE PROTECT THE WORLD'S RAINFORESTS. Map Card courtesy o...
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LA REPUBLICA SAID ON SATURDAY THAT THE PINK DOLPHINS OF THE AMAZON MUST HAVE EATEN FISH POISONED – ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS – WITH PHOSPHORUS OR PESTICIDES THROWN IN THE WAT...
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BELO MONTE DAM IS BY NO MEANS AN INEVITABILITY, DESPITE WHAT THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE COMPANIES PROMOTING THE DAM WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE. LEGAL ACTIONS, PROTESTS AND OCCUPATIONS BY ...
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TO DATE, AROUND 1 MILLION INSECT SPECIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BUT, WHILE THAT MAY BE A MIND-BOGGLING NUMBER, BIOLOGISTS ESTIMATE THAT THERE REMAINS AT LEAST 4 MILLION MOR...
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BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT SAYS IT WOULD BE "INSANE" TO SCRAP AN ENORMOUS HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN THE AMAZON REGION BECAUSE OTHER WAYS OF GENERATING POWER WOULD CAUSE MORE POLLUTION. Photo courtesy of E...
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I HAVE SEEN THE SELF RELIANCE OF BRAZIL AS THE ENERGY MODEL. I HAVE SEEN THEM MOVE TO RENEWABLE RESOURCES. MANY THINGS THEY HAVE DONE ARE TRULY REMARKABLE. BUT THIS? AND 70 MORE? THE WORLD REL...
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AMAZON HYDRO PLANTS ARE SOME OF THE MOST POLLUTING ON THE PLANET. DECOMPOSING VEGETATION IN THE RESERVOIR RELEASES METHANE, A GREENHOUSE GAS 25 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN CARBON DIOXIDE. BELO MONTE...
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WORK ON A HUGE, CONTROVERSIAL DAM IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON IS TO BEGIN BY SEPTEMBER AT THE LATEST, DESPITE FURIOUS OPPOSITION FROM INDIGENOUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, ENERGY MINISTER MARCIO ZIMMERM...
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THE DAM WOULD DEVASTATE AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AND THREATEN THE SURVIVAL OF THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL PEOPLES WHO DEPEND ON THE XINGU RIVER FOR THEIR LIVELIHO...
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THESE PICTURES GIVE US A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ELUSIVE BUBBLEGUM PINK AMAZON RIVER DOLPHINS. THEY LIVE IN THE MURKY, SEDIMENT-COVERED DEPTHS OF THE AMAZON RIVER IN BRAZ...
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A COUNTRY THAT WANTS TO BE THE FIFTH-BIGGEST ECONOMY ON THE PLANET WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE... NEEDS TO THINK FIVE YEARS AHEAD, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS," LULA TOLD REPORTERS. Photo co...
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DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE. THE XINGU RIVER BASIN HAS ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS MANY SPECIES OF FISH AS THE WHOLE OF EUROPE, BUT THE WORK WILL KILL MILLIONS OF ANIMALS AND THREA...
http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-earth-day-setback-brazil-oks-dam.html
INDIGENOUS GROUPS WILL OCCUPY AN AREA WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUILD A CONTROVERSIAL HYDROELECTRIC DAM PROJECTED TO BE THE WORLD'S THIRD-LARGEST, AN INDIAN CHIEF SAID WEDNESDAY. Photo co...
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THE BRAZILIAN ENERGY REGULATOR HAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO BUILD THE 11GW BELO MONTE DAM ON A TRIBUTARY OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, TO NORTE ENERGIA, A CONSORTIUM OF NINE COMPANIES, INCLUDING ST...
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WERE NOT ADEQUATELY HEARD . GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COULD BE UNDERESTIMATED. CERTAIN CONDITIONS SET BY IBAMA WILL ONLY BE CHECKED YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PLANT. Photo...
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LAST WEEK BRAZIL'S NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY INPE REPORTED A 51 PERCENT DROP IN AMAZON DEFORESTATION IN THE SIX MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 2010 COMPARED WITH THE YEAR EARLIER PERIOD. BUT THE SEEMINGLY ...
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JAMES CAMERON AND AVATAR CAST MEMBERS SIGOURNEY WEAVER AND JOEL DAVID MOORE RETURN TO THE XINGU RIVER AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BELO MONTE DAM IN BRAZIL. Photo courtesy of Atossa Soltani/Amaz...
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