Belo Monte: 12 questions without answers

Indigenous peoples were not adequately heard. Greenhouse gas emissions could be underestimated. Certain conditions set by IBAMA will only be checked years after completion of the plant.

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Amazon confusion: new research shows forest is resilient to drought, but is this the whole picture?

Given the differing opinions, more research may be needed before consensus can be reached on how the Amazon will react to climate change, especially in light of other threats such as deforestation.

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Deforestation Pushing Amazon to Its Ecological Limits

When you don’t know the effects of damaging a highly complex, invaluably important ecological system, make sure not to damage it.

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The Amazongate fiasco

"The IPCC could have picked a better citation than the WWF report, but the data were there, published in a few places to support their statement," Nepstad told mongabay.com. "The latest attack on the IPCC is bizarre and unfounded."

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