published July 4, 2010 and has No Comments
" An aerial view of a cattle farm in a deforested area of the Amazon close to Maraba, Para. " Paulo Whitaker/ReutersImage credit: Amazon Rainforest News , via Paulo Whitaker/Reuters Malaria remains a deadly killer in broad swaths of South America, Africa and Asia. Sometimes there's hope for wellness: as with recent reports of success deploying pesticide treated bed ...
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published June 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Patricia Preiss When police arrived to a tunnel in downtown Porto Alegre, Brazil, having received word that some youths were tagging its walls with graffiti , it must have seemed like a pretty clear case of vandalism. But after a few of the culprits were handcuffed, ready to be taken to the station, the officers realized that ...
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published June 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via EyeBrazil Brazil's proposed construction of what would be the third largest hydroelectric dam on the planet has drawn ire from environmental groups the world over. The planned dam at Belo Monte , protestors say, will flood and destroy much of the region's plant and animal life, as well as displace the indigenous peoples there. So contentious ha... ...
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published June 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Global Voices Rio de Janeiro is a city known for its spirited festivities and all-night celebrations, but part of those revelries are being blamed for inadvertently setting a blaze on one of the city's hillside national parks over the weekend, which added an ominous glow to Rio's iconic Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Global Voices Rio de Janeiro is a city known for its spirited festivities and all-night celebrations, but part of those revelries are being blamed for inadvertently setting a blaze on one of the city's hillside national parks over the weekend, which added an ominous glow to Rio's iconic Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 15, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Leo Freitas via flickr Last summer you probably saw a number of encouraging reports showing that deforestation in Brazil was declining. However as Mongabay points out, new satellite data shows that deforestation is again increasing and may be even higher than current imagery indicates.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 4, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Alexander Torrenegra via flickr Here's an interesting wrinkle on the ongoing effort to slow Amazon deforestation: Reuters reports that even though tree-felling is indeed slowing , the area of land being burned by farmers is actua... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hidden From Satellites, Amazon Burning Continues Even As Deforestation Slows
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published May 26, 2010 and has No Comments
image: GDS Digital via EU Infrastructure , scroll down for full infographic. Brazil's planned 11 gigawatt Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River (a tributary of the Amazon) has raised a lot of protest in the past few months--and some comparisons of
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Indigenous Amazonians Prepare For War to Stop Massive Hydroelectric Dam on Xingu River
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published May 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Photos: Courtesy of Alotof. Collaborations between designers and artisan communities often lead to interesting results. We've seen some of that with the pieces of furniture by Oficina Nomade , the ceramic objects by Imaginario Pernambucano , and the pal... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Artesania: Chairs and Sofas With Social and Environmental Conscience by Alotof
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published May 19, 2010 and has No Comments
In a dramatic scene of protest today in the Brazilian Capitol Building, several dozen indigenous tribesmen clashed with security outside the chamber of the House of Representatives--some armed with batons and s... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Indigenous Tribesmen Storm Brazilian Congress
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