tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332766637233172112024-03-08T05:34:33.352-06:00The Amazon RainforestA blog devoted to promoting, preserving and protecting the Amazon Rainforest!Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-840100855869911252010-10-26T08:56:00.002-05:002010-10-26T09:05:00.553-05:00Drought brings Amazon tributary to lowest level in a century<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUe1C7tRBMpzSu8rwKFNnutKAoXBd8gMLgtKyziw7ta_XqikVtpxoMexK4obQGqG7YqtKGEvjeiT052st40ZjzXSmQECzTCCKtomF6cQOzGVwJmKSlFDbv0BiPkyDvFWb_rJI_0ciUhVg/s1600/drought_brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Boats left stranded in the Amazon basin near Manaus" border="0" height="266" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUe1C7tRBMpzSu8rwKFNnutKAoXBd8gMLgtKyziw7ta_XqikVtpxoMexK4obQGqG7YqtKGEvjeiT052st40ZjzXSmQECzTCCKtomF6cQOzGVwJmKSlFDbv0BiPkyDvFWb_rJI_0ciUhVg/s400/drought_brazil.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>One of the </strong></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/amazon-drought-tributary-rio-negro-climate-change"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>most important tributaries</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> 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 inhabitants and raised concerns about the possible impact of climate change on the region.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.corbisimages.com/"><em>Raimundo Valentim/EPA/CORBIS</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-64482854229431009612010-10-26T08:04:00.000-05:002010-10-26T08:10:17.546-05:00Giant snakes, fish among spectacular species found in Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfx_zVl2urml_ib6KjCAR9uprjzHAiSznZYku9JhnYuy4UVX6VPsOWwo_KxB9an70x2kpBqQd7knwkb3-n3MXr5M71GXAaEaIcbo2k4z1tyfUfrFqVqWegMC6myKsKmg20EoXuzRVmLHP/s1600/anaconda1026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Anaconda" border="0" height="267" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfx_zVl2urml_ib6KjCAR9uprjzHAiSznZYku9JhnYuy4UVX6VPsOWwo_KxB9an70x2kpBqQd7knwkb3-n3MXr5M71GXAaEaIcbo2k4z1tyfUfrFqVqWegMC6myKsKmg20EoXuzRVmLHP/s400/anaconda1026.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spectacular species </span></strong><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jW8rGbyf_G3aUGvjiZP00lkr8MLQ?docId=CNG.7eea24f16dd64a6b64ce28aa8f082c62.431"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">previously unknown</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 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 Tuesday.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ireneillee/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Irene Lee/Flickr</em></span></a>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-73366205005589099822010-06-12T22:16:00.006-05:002010-06-12T22:29:56.779-05:00Deforestation Worsens in Brazilian Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWNsc0vgmKjt1OkmdupBNzHgQaT0Zi4bIqZaCGb85zx2YPhKiVanjyABWYYahukKps3r8vmSHN3EO877xEbdeBFHoRM0Z93crwrZgnIcYhyphenhyphenf8HwPMkCkbzDcH2uhAktOQD2-TfqAlQc00/s1600/para_deforest_smoke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deforestation in Para" border="0" height="266" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWNsc0vgmKjt1OkmdupBNzHgQaT0Zi4bIqZaCGb85zx2YPhKiVanjyABWYYahukKps3r8vmSHN3EO877xEbdeBFHoRM0Z93crwrZgnIcYhyphenhyphenf8HwPMkCkbzDcH2uhAktOQD2-TfqAlQc00/s400/para_deforest_smoke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>About </strong></span><a href="http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/06/08/2321s575323.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>103.5 square km</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> of rainforests disappeared in March and April in Brazil's Amazon region, roughly the size of Paris, said a new report.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11313523@N03/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>apoloniox70/Flickr</em></span></a>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-6637450160139739832010-05-11T06:08:00.000-05:002010-05-11T06:13:43.054-05:00UN fears 'irreversible' damage to natural environment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6C5c1lWV6Zi1dlYiW2J4GuYwwnpv3OD7JMBnqPyvx2-WZtGi9IUMRxY3Mw5wYTooMtHeHhLM1BgILI45_xpzMJfj7SHo-2sJE72qaGjBCkpLvCve2bDP32zf6G62wmj_lkVPohorE0t3/s1600/peru_Amazon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Peruvian Amazon" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6C5c1lWV6Zi1dlYiW2J4GuYwwnpv3OD7JMBnqPyvx2-WZtGi9IUMRxY3Mw5wYTooMtHeHhLM1BgILI45_xpzMJfj7SHo-2sJE72qaGjBCkpLvCve2bDP32zf6G62wmj_lkVPohorE0t3/s400/peru_Amazon.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The third <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jE1B4h3jvFNR4Uxlov2QdNuFgmRw">"Global Biodiversity Outlook"</a> found that deforestation, pollution or overexploitation were damaging the productive capacity of the most vulnerable environments, including the Amazon rainforest, lakes and coral reefs.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52projects/"><em>Jeffrey Yamaguchi/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-79852278908578100062010-05-08T13:10:00.002-05:002010-05-08T13:16:42.145-05:00Brazil launches major push for sustainable palm oil in the Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIbr1eNX8n6mdwbMiabrcdTgiQ81c7UQN3wb1XugQclydjtPDrDlORDdgwjTupo6naVR92QLFaK2taOYsC3Z1uUb5cKiVA1CNy-zcI2_uIOwFPv96wO6LEIILQN_KJs3qgk9CBUeufohp/s1600/palm_oil_trees10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Palm oil" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIbr1eNX8n6mdwbMiabrcdTgiQ81c7UQN3wb1XugQclydjtPDrDlORDdgwjTupo6naVR92QLFaK2taOYsC3Z1uUb5cKiVA1CNy-zcI2_uIOwFPv96wO6LEIILQN_KJs3qgk9CBUeufohp/s400/palm_oil_trees10.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The palm oil program <a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0507-amazon_palm_oil.html">marks a new focus</a> 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 (16.9 million metric tons in 2008) and Malaysia (15.8 m tons), according to the FAO.</strong> </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49485893@N08/"><em>Dennis Clark/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-22705793652978165532010-05-05T07:56:00.000-05:002010-05-05T07:58:42.715-05:00Sting voices opposition to Amazon dam in Brazil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-SMFksGIv4JbPrgVqzuBbJxK2AoYkrUBHnWREaUGnxnFoHwea7LvHK8JMm4L6ydQrB6-LG1cjtw13H8eJHbhNKfJbscpKQnlvrDLn-htF2swKOmfq2lK5qjqtd9JpF06DROhGVHWvwzU/s1600/Sting_Music.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sting" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-SMFksGIv4JbPrgVqzuBbJxK2AoYkrUBHnWREaUGnxnFoHwea7LvHK8JMm4L6ydQrB6-LG1cjtw13H8eJHbhNKfJbscpKQnlvrDLn-htF2swKOmfq2lK5qjqtd9JpF06DROhGVHWvwzU/s400/Sting_Music.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>"All of the reasons <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iJ_zSoeDNKSrHRv1wk5XghVCinSQD9FGEC7G5">I fought against it</a> 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 for thousands of years," said Sting, who was in Venezuela for a concert.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazminmillion/"><em>Jazmin Million/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-7846962761544304332010-05-05T07:31:00.002-05:002010-05-05T07:42:53.041-05:00Amazon loses 76 km ² of forest in March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBli7_OrabYyqOqyW-pCBm6mBstU9Y-13KxwUolBzfB1ewTjZx2kWPjbkSaFfTNZxN9aqXuqwgAt-O7ZtCAS4f-VSmiS_rI6RVoo5Fm7CZSkz53tY7EvIKPuA-iVAGIAKRpf_LtHcyh-J/s1600/brazil_deforest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deforestation" border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBli7_OrabYyqOqyW-pCBm6mBstU9Y-13KxwUolBzfB1ewTjZx2kWPjbkSaFfTNZxN9aqXuqwgAt-O7ZtCAS4f-VSmiS_rI6RVoo5Fm7CZSkz53tY7EvIKPuA-iVAGIAKRpf_LtHcyh-J/s400/brazil_deforest.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Amazon </strong></span><a href="http://www.dci.com.br/noticia.asp?id_editoria=8&id_noticia=326053"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>deforestation rose again</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>, according to Imazon. In March, the forest lost 76 square kilometers (km ²) of vegetation, a 35% increase over the same month in 2009.</strong> </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please note: This article is in Portuguese.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/brasil/"><em>Rodrigo Baleia/Greenpeace</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-62589386851216695752010-05-05T06:47:00.002-05:002010-05-05T06:57:50.603-05:00Half the Amazon Could be Lost by 2050, Says Study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICjvRrbXhDg12k3XRsfVxnbXXw6P4kh_VpkdTmJ9LxNqhOGRhu3nOTbanEwwT_-oaNoICJSQkCT_QW8Qau6mAk4ixGqPT6w2OXZ9Vzt9xvFWuDKd5D6SDHMqZDD9iqXwhKJ1GG11APt_x/s1600/amazon_deforest_brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amazon deforestation" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICjvRrbXhDg12k3XRsfVxnbXXw6P4kh_VpkdTmJ9LxNqhOGRhu3nOTbanEwwT_-oaNoICJSQkCT_QW8Qau6mAk4ixGqPT6w2OXZ9Vzt9xvFWuDKd5D6SDHMqZDD9iqXwhKJ1GG11APt_x/s400/amazon_deforest_brazil.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>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 <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/half-of-the-amazon-could-be-lost-by-2050-says-study.php">will be particularly impacted</a> by rising global temperatures in the years to come, in addition to the continued threats posed by deforestation and fires.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/brasil/"><em>Alberto Cesar/Greenpeace</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-7461907019513757982010-05-03T14:01:00.002-05:002010-05-03T14:49:19.062-05:00Saving the rainforests will save Florida<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVHCclqcDfssr0yFxEmI5vVD7JbdRwZlYbMzQLS5QNV9N0GiYFpmGIx9aDuuAp3hS2R_Wd-54KE3Xk7GIluc1YhadWWhFPfTKaPDQyE9qZqdYUfUCitR1CS5gyJEZ0dcd8Pe4l615TnTR/s1600/Fl_Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Florida" border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVHCclqcDfssr0yFxEmI5vVD7JbdRwZlYbMzQLS5QNV9N0GiYFpmGIx9aDuuAp3hS2R_Wd-54KE3Xk7GIluc1YhadWWhFPfTKaPDQyE9qZqdYUfUCitR1CS5gyJEZ0dcd8Pe4l615TnTR/s400/Fl_Map.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In short, it's going <a href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-02/news/sfl-newmezz5210_1_rainforests-climate-change-carbon-dioxide">to be very difficult</a> to protect Florida's natural wonders and the health of our economy from climate change unless we protect the world's rainforests.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Map Card courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/striderv/"><em>Striderv/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-76430818430460795562010-05-02T09:40:00.001-05:002010-05-02T09:47:16.372-05:0020 Pink Dolphins Die of Poisoning in Peruvian Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYEqRfauNN7fiKlZhyphenhyphengJ6oMwK1CZMem4Bi5fOn6kucT9MF1WZXvOyBPYdMzyLa3Mw4J9o265MrsvOY2YRpJ2j1mHnsR98m3Rq6_kZO-HC_rWvnKzFHzo2E4ZCHAG8zXdmJbymRnnWBHsH/s1600/pink_dolphins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amazon river dolphins" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYEqRfauNN7fiKlZhyphenhyphengJ6oMwK1CZMem4Bi5fOn6kucT9MF1WZXvOyBPYdMzyLa3Mw4J9o265MrsvOY2YRpJ2j1mHnsR98m3Rq6_kZO-HC_rWvnKzFHzo2E4ZCHAG8zXdmJbymRnnWBHsH/s400/pink_dolphins.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>La Republica said on Saturday that <a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=356326&CategoryId=14095">the pink dolphins</a> of the Amazon must have eaten fish poisoned – according to preliminary investigations – with phosphorus or pesticides thrown in the water by unknown persons in order to eliminate them.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.kevinschafer.com/home.html"><em>Kevin Schafer/K.S. Photography</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-8205713200836959732010-05-01T08:16:00.000-05:002010-05-01T08:24:14.730-05:00Belo Monte is Not a Done Deal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnDGl1aaxPJrNJJdxlHgnvk065ATRkBg_LMns-i4MT_2MIJE5NFfu1wAYeS2QCkShh2T4hTYp5MCrCrpvhvWDHUEPRm8z4-O8ICgZSPCHLyHtYCHKAdhmVDVmNwG2SHLNQBcU8iQ7O5cF/s1600/Itaipu_Dam4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Itaipu Dam" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnDGl1aaxPJrNJJdxlHgnvk065ATRkBg_LMns-i4MT_2MIJE5NFfu1wAYeS2QCkShh2T4hTYp5MCrCrpvhvWDHUEPRm8z4-O8ICgZSPCHLyHtYCHKAdhmVDVmNwG2SHLNQBcU8iQ7O5cF/s400/Itaipu_Dam4.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Belo Monte Dam <a href="http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/blog/aviva-imhof/2010-4-30/belo-monte-not-done-deal">is by no means</a> an inevitability, despite what the Brazilian government and the companies promoting the dam would like you to believe. Legal actions, protests and occupations by indigenous groups, and a growing international campaign could derail the project.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofiewistrand/"><em>Sofie Wistrand/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-30552197640877125472010-04-28T07:57:00.002-05:002010-04-28T08:00:34.983-05:00Amazon Expedition Aims to Collect 100,000 Bugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcV3Spw9wbVo36my9jQ1pybUc_Af864uDs-_lwKSayfXU1gMvw8g8Efpd96tvUGWJSewYV2v-mEm6Bt2TMVR_-U5DduTsUwt2_pWV4Og94lsfXH7EcmH6gEWL6sKB8zE_Iin7X3ZCeRPN/s1600/insect_rainforest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Insect" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcV3Spw9wbVo36my9jQ1pybUc_Af864uDs-_lwKSayfXU1gMvw8g8Efpd96tvUGWJSewYV2v-mEm6Bt2TMVR_-U5DduTsUwt2_pWV4Og94lsfXH7EcmH6gEWL6sKB8zE_Iin7X3ZCeRPN/s400/insect_rainforest.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>To date, around <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/amazon-expedition-aims-to-collect-100000-bugs.php">1 million insect species</a> have been identified throughout the world. But, while that may be a mind-boggling number, biologists estimate that there remains at least 4 million more left undiscovered--many of which may lie deep in the heart of the world's largest rainforest.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandma-shirley/"><em>Shirley Sekarajasingham/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-5594964828025061282010-04-27T06:58:00.002-05:002010-04-27T07:15:46.550-05:00Silva: Not building Amazon dam would be 'insane'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKES7sl1mZnIFbdFlfABW0rwIi4896ZUqWjrj1GTgjs8uzonFSMwa9gVVjs3aNzuA_LzthIV1awQeJBK5kYkbbeNGjNTSSBLPKX-b4GlMXGJs-ValAFrH1iCKkfWBMG5LrfKtDjvilsoX/s1600/pres_lula4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="President Lula of Brazil" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKES7sl1mZnIFbdFlfABW0rwIi4896ZUqWjrj1GTgjs8uzonFSMwa9gVVjs3aNzuA_LzthIV1awQeJBK5kYkbbeNGjNTSSBLPKX-b4GlMXGJs-ValAFrH1iCKkfWBMG5LrfKtDjvilsoX/s400/pres_lula4.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Brazil's president says it would be "insane" to scrap an enormous <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FASLB02.htm">hydroelectric dam</a> in the Amazon region because other ways of generating power would cause more pollution.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.apimages.com/"><em>Eraldo Peres/AP</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-22123102929607178522010-04-27T05:56:00.003-05:002010-04-27T06:02:55.010-05:00Another Dam, More Rainforest Gone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUGW14ZPAfA-qKY5KE7jVEQKKnovGRdMDJxkyxM8JNpX67hbUK8xaE_xqM77f666uh1P-V_r5T5Zee1eqfb46Nf1gWatg-EihwuduukBg20VI8P690rNZC9MPxVYIWAo-5HFPycHvxS-E/s1600/Itaipu_Dam5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Itaipu Dam" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUGW14ZPAfA-qKY5KE7jVEQKKnovGRdMDJxkyxM8JNpX67hbUK8xaE_xqM77f666uh1P-V_r5T5Zee1eqfb46Nf1gWatg-EihwuduukBg20VI8P690rNZC9MPxVYIWAo-5HFPycHvxS-E/s400/Itaipu_Dam5.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I have seen <a href="http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978196826">the self reliance</a> 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 relies on the rain forests. How will money replace that?</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofiewistrand/"><em>Sofie Wistrand/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-92081949772695962392010-04-24T16:39:00.003-05:002010-04-24T16:50:30.332-05:00Amazon hydro plants among most polluting in the world<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0svX-cBe-wXbrVv-wn39GydB_y67VhsHhT8VAHez6G3yiKSlOFjcmSIhz1khY5NaJ3TnrlPe78tlix57GooQ2qCbvv6z1EQK73OegAOhQT6tYzfEXs5dEJX3GljZXFFR3onF8Tv9eYbI/s1600/Itaipu_Dam6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Itaipu hydroelectric dam" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0svX-cBe-wXbrVv-wn39GydB_y67VhsHhT8VAHez6G3yiKSlOFjcmSIhz1khY5NaJ3TnrlPe78tlix57GooQ2qCbvv6z1EQK73OegAOhQT6tYzfEXs5dEJX3GljZXFFR3onF8Tv9eYbI/s400/Itaipu_Dam6.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>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. <a href="http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/5317">Belo Monte alone</a> will be a big methane producer, but if an additional dam is built upstream – as many fear – the projects together will release as many greenhouse gases as three average-sized coal plants.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thackbatch/">Alice Cassell/Flickr</a></em></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-70221066372745159272010-04-24T08:51:00.003-05:002010-04-24T09:49:17.763-05:00Brazil to start work on controversial dam in months: report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOIeT8iyvO41_V_WCGVCzT9g4SJtcb2864k9p3ywjEAfYYKUkg558jrjv4kKy5K5ovSr-yNc71L3vsTQTWOd99cDQwVQiNb7fL5lF6kwKUAeF4aqoZ-1MU5VbTAaAnFRwULpDeMGUE6aA/s1600/indi_protest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Indigenous women" border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOIeT8iyvO41_V_WCGVCzT9g4SJtcb2864k9p3ywjEAfYYKUkg558jrjv4kKy5K5ovSr-yNc71L3vsTQTWOd99cDQwVQiNb7fL5lF6kwKUAeF4aqoZ-1MU5VbTAaAnFRwULpDeMGUE6aA/s400/indi_protest.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Work on a huge, controversial dam in Brazil's Amazon is to begin <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ju5CJt2sR4uKxaAcUOUieYS2hPkw">by September</a> at the latest, despite furious opposition from indigenous and environmental groups, Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman said Friday.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apwhite/"><em>Andrew White/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-2252418397499928092010-04-23T09:58:00.002-05:002010-04-23T10:12:33.442-05:00Pink Amazon river dolphins caught on camera in Brazil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIcujmd56IZmbjQJO_ObwOYhgIQX-Y9WzbJPHctIQ26xUqorNUhtuWDzlS82vFJGAfU3rHIIlpNZji4-znnZy_uI5TYDnzFPBvGeonMtYGggxJA8o0IGKim4DLtN3g5KKiuhhPwb4bPGB/s1600/pink_dolphins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amazon river dolphins" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIcujmd56IZmbjQJO_ObwOYhgIQX-Y9WzbJPHctIQ26xUqorNUhtuWDzlS82vFJGAfU3rHIIlpNZji4-znnZy_uI5TYDnzFPBvGeonMtYGggxJA8o0IGKim4DLtN3g5KKiuhhPwb4bPGB/s400/pink_dolphins.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>These pictures <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7619101/Pink-Amazon-river-dolphins-caught-on-camera-in-Brazil.html">give us a fascinating</a> 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 Brazil, and are freshwater creatures.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.kevinschafer.com/home.html">Kevin Schafer/K.S. Photography</a></em></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-25520994846958175272010-04-23T08:16:00.003-05:002010-04-23T08:30:11.168-05:00Brazilian president defends controversial dam project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSsqNozhaTwh3XxMICXzgJsSRa5q0klJih7bAIV1ZmWCITZ994Sv3EMJhcloNniA7yzmrdrIjE-g0utIr8qmkpcIcdAbweMn9SxnbmVgh_1JF5f63DnaY6n3eILIcgq9G67vYmYZV8LET/s1600/brazil_lula.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="President Lula of Brazil" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSsqNozhaTwh3XxMICXzgJsSRa5q0klJih7bAIV1ZmWCITZ994Sv3EMJhcloNniA7yzmrdrIjE-g0utIr8qmkpcIcdAbweMn9SxnbmVgh_1JF5f63DnaY6n3eILIcgq9G67vYmYZV8LET/s400/brazil_lula.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>A country <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKhOkrCjHyZocxZGtN2UKpDWeT1Q">that wants to be</a> 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.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.oeco.com.br/"><em>Donizete Tomé/O Eco</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-27525847963014938352010-04-22T11:28:00.001-05:002010-04-22T11:45:03.360-05:00Indians to occupy dam site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoUm-KRAf6dbjlqdxn_Iw2nkp4pyuh2RwI29iMXLdW1d5T64Lbr3EUc1aFtQiOybZKBq4ZfuGqYnBsm-nXKt2p18kHwpnK7CPwu6RG9elFghwKCUFY6AKjaVqd1kaukw9kD25V-KmAGzB/s1600/brazil_indians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amazon Indians" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoUm-KRAf6dbjlqdxn_Iw2nkp4pyuh2RwI29iMXLdW1d5T64Lbr3EUc1aFtQiOybZKBq4ZfuGqYnBsm-nXKt2p18kHwpnK7CPwu6RG9elFghwKCUFY6AKjaVqd1kaukw9kD25V-KmAGzB/s400/brazil_indians.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Indigenous groups <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Indians+occupy+site/2937132/story.html">will occupy an area</a> where the government wants to build a controversial hydroelectric dam projected to be the world's third-largest, an Indian chief said Wednesday.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.oeco.com.br/">Donizete Tomé/O Eco</a></em></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-5661498880727151762010-04-20T06:01:00.000-05:002010-04-20T06:05:40.525-05:00Belo Monte: 12 questions without answers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdS0f7pIzqDwVnVOaJde99XrYz0t9uy0qUqSt0d-XJQIm8OE2ocQT-9J7EFoL-vukhqVV_3vC88F5e3qOMcDo7WoTNtJDDcQ8xe6pPkg3vMYYsTSp-ZCIkZbOPgsGxLedT3SCc2YkCJcG/s1600/belo_protest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Activists at a protest to stop Belo Monte Dam" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdS0f7pIzqDwVnVOaJde99XrYz0t9uy0qUqSt0d-XJQIm8OE2ocQT-9J7EFoL-vukhqVV_3vC88F5e3qOMcDo7WoTNtJDDcQ8xe6pPkg3vMYYsTSp-ZCIkZbOPgsGxLedT3SCc2YkCJcG/s400/belo_protest.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Indigenous peoples <a href="http://www.cimi.org.br/?system=news&eid=402">were not adequately heard</a>. Greenhouse gas emissions could be underestimated. Certain conditions set by IBAMA will only be checked years after completion of the plant.</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/internationalrivers/">International Rivers/Flickr</a></em></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-1647548584876988842010-04-19T11:14:00.002-05:002010-04-19T11:27:58.340-05:00Is deforestation rising or falling in the Amazon?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jenapuMnyVbYPPAkmCb0buwhY44W2Avix6QkpCQHDcAhusjN-TrFW-X7R1EMCFDi43iYw10Bf_QCLy2uSSSrAEMwjkwhvhAsfP6tcQvkcopmMZQjw4Y1umdI6HFcKkCuQB8IGl0LNkOu/s1600/soyfield_para.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An island of rainforest has been spared in the middle of a soy field" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jenapuMnyVbYPPAkmCb0buwhY44W2Avix6QkpCQHDcAhusjN-TrFW-X7R1EMCFDi43iYw10Bf_QCLy2uSSSrAEMwjkwhvhAsfP6tcQvkcopmMZQjw4Y1umdI6HFcKkCuQB8IGl0LNkOu/s400/soyfield_para.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Last week Brazil's National Space Agency INPE reported a 51 percent drop <a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0418-amazon_aug09-feb10.html">in Amazon deforestation</a> in the six months ended February 2010 compared with the year earlier period. But the seemingly happy news for environmentalists may be premature.</strong> </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Photo courtesy of </em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11313523@N03/"><em>apoloniox70/Flickr</em></a></span>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813292039174689939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733276663723317211.post-85423010832429138662010-04-18T16:37:00.004-05:002010-04-18T16:51:13.938-05:00Video footage from James Cameron's trip to the Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGW1f_vvuYRrPEeSOtyjIN7zUQZrPaWXXv0fanltq9PbgqnCNNnALexZKXRs787iAz52_mCu_OSGqngMlz22sCXyuzeoRj36A5WBXEA0-2u5izpInmoaMEhSAu6zXzp0X8i5_Hhh7_b82/s1600/J_Cameron_Belo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="James Cameron" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGW1f_vvuYRrPEeSOtyjIN7zUQZrPaWXXv0fanltq9PbgqnCNNnALexZKXRs787iAz52_mCu_OSGqngMlz22sCXyuzeoRj36A5WBXEA0-2u5izpInmoaMEhSAu6zXzp0X8i5_Hhh7_b82/s400/J_Cameron_Belo2.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>James Cameron and Avatar cast members Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore return to the Xingu river and speak out against <a href="http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/computers/blogs/video-footage-from-james-camerons-trip-to-the-amazon">the Belo Monte Dam</a> in Brazil.</strong></span><br />
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