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Indigenous communities demand to protect the Amazon

NewsBy Maria CoelhoFriday August 31st, 2018Leave a comment

In the nine countries that make up the Amazon biome, indigenous communities requested that a protected area corridor be established…

Diagnosis of organic fairs motivates strategy for family farming

NewsBy Maria CoelhoThursday August 30th, 2018Leave a comment

Representatives of associations of family farmers, organic producers, government agencies and civil society met to discuss strategies to strengthen organic…

Deforestation continues upward trend in Brazil, says NGO

NewsBy Maria CoelhoTuesday August 28th, 2018Leave a comment

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to trend higher, reports Imazon, a Brazilian NGO that independently tracks developments in Earth’s…

A river runs through it — and keeps the Amazon’s bird species diverse

NewsBy Maria CoelhoMonday August 27th, 2018Leave a comment

A new genetic analysis shows that rivers in northeast South America rarely give rise to new bird species, but are…

Scientists identify system used in illegal logging of Amazon

NewsBy Maria CoelhoSaturday August 25th, 2018Leave a comment

In Brazil, loggers illegally log a large number of trees from the Amazon forest without being discovered, this illegal logging…

Drone used to confirm existence of uncontacted Amazon tribe

NewsBy Maria CoelhoFriday August 24th, 2018Leave a comment

The Brazilian government used a drone to help confirm the presence of an uncontacted indigenous group deep in the Amazon…

MPF creates task force to combat environmental crimes in the Amazon

NewsBy Maria CoelhoFriday August 24th, 2018Leave a comment

 A task force of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office was formed to combat illegal mining, deforestation, public land grabbing, agrarian…

Brazil reaffirms its contribution to reduce emissions of polluting gases

NewsBy Maria CoelhoThursday August 23rd, 2018Leave a comment

The Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Edson Duarte, underlined the implementation of public policies to protect the ecosystems of his…

New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon

NewsBy Maria CoelhoThursday August 23rd, 2018Leave a comment

SERNANP, Peru’s national parks service, announced that a new species of orchid was discovered on Bella Durmiente mountain, a prominent…

From sink to source: Droughts are changing the Amazon rainforest

NewsBy Maria CoelhoThursday August 23rd, 2018Leave a comment

Droughts are becoming more frequent in the Amazon rainforest, with three “100-year” droughts happening in the space of just 10…

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