Officials and Professors Discuss Preservation of Amazon

Arnóbio “Binho” Marques, who is currently the governor of Acre, praised the state’s shift in focus over the last 12 years to maintaining biodiversity instead of simply stripping the Amazon of its resources to develop the area.

Photo courtesy of News Agency of Acre/Flickr

Amazon projects undercut Brazil's new green path

Perhaps the biggest worry for environmentalists is the planned pavement of the BR 319 motorway between Porto Velho and Manaus, which leads through one of the most pristine areas of the Amazon with a high biodiversity and many endemic species.

[Photograph by: Iberê Thenório/Globo Amazônia]