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Deforestation slowing down in Amazon
regenwoud.jpg Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has slowed down in the past year. Between July 2008 and July 2009 7000 square kilometres of rainforest were cut down, 45 ... . Photo: Amazon rainforest - Flickr / leoffreitas (Amazon, deforestation, Luiz Inacia ...
Brazil gives go-ahead for disputed dam
the dry season. (Amazon rainforest, Belo Monte dam, environment, South and Central America) ... for the building of a the controversial dam in the Amazon. The Belo Monte dam will be part of a hydroelectric plant ... square kilometres of rainforest and farmland under water. The dam was originally part of a much larger ...
Mapping Presidents' Noses and the Rainforest
from Presidents' noses to the Amazon rainforest; Will divine intervention avert us from environmental ... :30 - 18 November 2009 16:30 (agriculture, Amazon rainforest, climate change ... EarthBeat-Amazon-650.jpg ...
Brazil takes new measure to protect Amazon
step in a campaign to protect the Amazon rainforest from further deforestation. It has proposed new ... crushers extended a ban on purchasing soybeans grown in newly deforested parts of the Amazon rainforest ... ;quot;unacceptable". Amazon rainforest Photo by leoffreitas (flickr) (Amazon ...
Peru PM to resign over Amazon crisis
Peru Amazon protests 3613429955_3be91c293f_m.jpg Peru's Prime Minister Yehude Simon says he will resign in the coming weeks once a crisis over indigenous rights in the Amazon ... the oil and mineral-rich Amazon rain forest to development by foreign companies sparked violent protest ...
Chávez too busy for Amazon climate meeting
not have time. Eight South American countries straddling the Amazon basin plus France are meeting in Manaus to agree on a “common stance” on saving the Amazon rainforest in the run-up to December ... "Central Banks", IMF, Federal Reserve and the U.N. (Amazon basin, Amazon rainforest, Brazilian President ...
Peruvian PM to meet with indigenous leaders
to the country's Amazon region today to meet with indigenous leaders. President Alan Garcia says ... in the region. The indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon have been protesting against the government’s policies for two months. The protests are aimed at a series of laws opening up large tracts of rainforest ...
Concessions for Peru's indigenous people
to make concessions to the protests of indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon. While visiting indigenous leaders in the rainforest, Simon said the government is willing to cancel a few of its contentious ... it possible for foreign business to develop large areas of the Peruvian rainforest. A proposal ...
Major reshuffle in Peruvian cabinet
, whose reputation was tarnished in a crisis in June over indigenous land rights in the Amazon rainforest ... by Luis Ramos (flickr) (Amazon exploitation, Amazon rainforest, Indigenous Indians, Javier Velaquez ...
Peru suspends controversial Amazonian 'jungle laws'
opened the door to privatisation of the Amazon region, logging in the rainforest and drilling for oil ... harvesting and international exploitation of the oil-rich Amazon region. By José Zepeda Congress ... . Walter Kategari, chairman of the National Organisation of the Amazon Indigenous People of Peru (AIDESEP ...
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