Deforestation of the Amazon: Economics and Biodiversity
The Conflict
The Brazilian government, Brazilian companies, and multinational organizations are developing the Amazon rainforest for its timber ...
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There are many different places in the world where people inhabit from countryside farms in India to Rocky Mountains in the U.S.A. but rainforests are different. Life there is diverse in almost every ...
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The recent changes, that have occurred in the last 30 to 40 years, which have threatened the Amazon Indians, come under four main topics, population pressure, government policy, deforestation and the ...
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The Amazon rainforest has been a symbol of mystery and a power between people and nature and also cures waiting to be discovered. The Amazon rainforest are homes to animals and plants that made home...
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Did you know that rainforests once covered 14% of the Earth's surface, but now cover a mere 6%? Rainforests across the world are being destroyed at an alarming rate, but it is the Amazon Rainforest t...
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Cross-curricular activities all about the Amazon Rainforest!Six pocket projects help your students learn about the plants and animals of the Amazon Rainforest. Pocket 1: Amazon Rainforest Puzzle; ...
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Belem, Brazil (dpa) - A Brazilian state governor Monday declared
the protection of a group of new Amazon preserves in northern Brazil
larger in total area than England, desp...
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that rich nations should pay poorer countries to preserve their forests because the rich are responsible for most of the world's greenhouse gas emiss...
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Four flight controllers indicted in connection with Brazil's deadliest air disaster testified Monday before a congressional commission, a day after two of them blamed the crash on equipment error.T...
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Singapore (dpa) - The seven winners of the UN Environment
Programme's (UNEP's) Champions of the Earth awards were hailed
Wednesday for making a "big difference" in a bleak w...
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Brasilia (dpa) - Brazil has announced millions of dollars in
investments for the construction of a nuclear submarine as part of
its plans to resume its nuclear programme, it...
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A plane with as many 170 people aboard crashed and burst into flames in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after skidding off a runway that has been criticized as being too short in a driving rain, the nation's ...
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Brasilia (dpa) - Public prosecutors in Brasilia on Tuesday began
an investigation into complaints about the alleged theft of
documents, jewellery and other objects belonging...
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Singapore (dpa) - The seven winners of the UN Environment
Programme's (UNEP's) Champions of the Earth awards were hailed
Wednesday for making a "big difference" in a bleak w...
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Latin America and other poor regions of the world will bear the brunt of climate change, a top official from the organization that shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize said Thursday.The Intergovern...
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BRASILIA, (Reuters) - Brazil reiterated its
opposition Wednesday to imposing targets on developing
countries' carbon emissions, days before a major international
conference on climate change. A ...
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Deforestation of the Amazon: Economics and Biodiversity
Life in the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
ROUNDUP: New Amazon preserve declared in Brazil; court challenge
