Tag: Amazon

Juruena river in the Amazon

Brazil Amazon Indians Seek International Help to Prevent Dam Building

As Brazil celebrates its national Day of the Indian on April 19, a new ...

Waterfall in the Brazilian Amazon

Amazon Communities in Brazil Try to Make “Light for All” a Reality

Wealth and conflict are often found together. In the wealthy Amazonian region of Brazil, ...

Brazilian Amazon deforestation

It’s Time Brazil Let the World Help Care for the Amazon

Brazil has responded quite harshly to rumors of foreign nations buying parts of the ...

African Dust Winds Bring 56% of Brazil Amazon Jungle’s Minerals

A single spot in the Sahara desert is responsible for over half the Amazon ...

A Washington State Worth of Jungle Becomes Sanctuary in Brazil

A large stretch of Brazilian Amazon rain forest almost the size of Uruguay or ...

Brazil Discusses SIVAM, Its 4-year-old Amazon Vigilance Program

A senior government official from Brazil will discuss how the country partnered with industry ...

Brazil’s Fair Wants to Promote the Brand Amazon

The Manaus Free Zone Superintendence (Suframa) will hold, from the 30th of August to ...

WWF Expedition Discovers New Fish, Frog and Tree Species in the Amazon

The Juruena-ApuÀ­ Expedition, organized by the Washington-based  World Wildlife Fund (WWF), reports that it ...

Brazil’s Super Gisele Against the Amazon Wreckers

A campaign to protect the Amazon’s Xingu River from deforestation and pollution has a ...

A Brazilian Study Shows that Half of the Amazon Could Be Gone in 5 Decades

In 50 years the Amazon region ("Amazônia") may be reduced to half its present ...