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Emmy D

WWF - Brazil forest law again under fire - 0 views

  • Brazil forest law again under fire
  • Brazil’s most important environmental legislation
  • chopping block again
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  • economic growth
  • enacted in 1934
  • Brazil’s Forest Law (also known as the Forest Code)
  • how much a landowner can deforest
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Jamie Scorer

BBC NEWS | Americas | Deforestation of Amazon 'halved' - 0 views

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    Shows what happened to the Amazon
Dong Hun Shin

Deforestation due to Soybean Production - 1 views

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    Shows the effects of deforestation on the amazom.
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    Shows why and what is causing the Amazon deforestation
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    The reason the amazon rainforest is dissapearing
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    Lots of trees in the rainforest are being cut down for soybean production.
Rima Touya

Activist shot dead in Amazon Rainforest - 0 views

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    This is a article about activist trying to stop the destruction and shot dead after telling the destruction people to stop.
Daniel Johnson

Rainforest Destruction - 0 views

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    Large Dams In India and South America, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have been destroyed by the building of hydro-electric dams. It was the dominant view that new dams had to be built or otherwise these countries would suffer an energy crisis. However, a recent study by the World Bank in Brazil has shown that 'sufficient generating capacity already exists to satisfy the expected rise in demand for power over the medium term, provided that the energy is used more efficiently' (WRM). The construction of dams not only destroys the forest but often uproots tens of thousands of people, destroying both their land and their culture. The rates of waterborne diseases increase rapidly. Downstream ecosystems are damaged by dams which trap silt, holding back valuable nutrients. Reduced silt leads to coastal erosion. The sheer weight of water in dams has in Chile, Zimbabwe, and Greece led to earthquakes. The irrigation and industrial projects powered by dams lead to further environmental damage. Irrigation leads to salination of soils and industry leads to pollution. Solutions: Aid organisations like the World Bank have traditionally favoured spectacular large-scale irrigation and hydro-electric projects. In all cases when such projects are proposed, there has been massive opposition from local people. Reform of the World Bank and other such organisations, and support for campaigns against large-scale dams is needed.
Daniel Johnson

Deforestation in the Amazon - 0 views

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    Other causes of forest loss in Brazil Historically, hydroelectric projects have flooded vast areas of Amazon rainforest. The Balbina dam flooded some 2,400 square kilometers (920 square miles) of rainforest when it was completed. Phillip Fearnside, a leading expert on the Amazon, calculated that in the first three years of its existence, the Balbina Reservoir emitted 23,750,000 tons of carbon dioxide and 140,000 tons of methane, both potent greenhouse gases which contribute to global climate change. Mining has impacted some parts of the Amazon Basin. During the 1980s, over 100,000 prospectors invaded the state of Para when a large gold deposit was discovered, while wildcat miners are still active in the state of Roraima near the Venezuelan border. Typically, miners clear forest for building material, fuelwood collection, and subsistence agriculture.
Jamie Scorer

YouTube - YouTube - Brazilian Government Policy to Save Amazon Deforestation.flv - 0 views

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    Talks about the Amazon deforestation
Budd Karoon

Indigenous peoples in Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Budd Karoon

Amazon people - 0 views

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jennilea hortop

BBC News - Brazil grants building permit for Belo Monte Amazon dam - 0 views

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    Dams
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