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Posts Tagged ‘Brazilian’
Wildlife & Flora, Jul 22nd, 2010,
Over a period of only 10 days, more than 500 dead penguins have washed ashore on Brazilian beaches. The penguins’ bodies exhibit signs of death by starvation. During the past few years Magellanic Penguins have been discovered on of the beaches of Rio de Janeiro state with increasing frequency. For some reason – perhaps due to pollution and/or overfishing – they sometimes become lost while migrating north from Antarctica and Patagonia in search of food. But those penguins – a few hundred per year – are normally alive. From a BBC report: Thiago do Nascimento of the Peruibe Aquarium says…
Tags: beaches, Brazil, Brazilian, dead, penguins
Climate Change, Conservation, Politics, Jul 6th, 2010,
A proposed reevaluation of forestry codes in Brazilian law could have catastrophic consequences for the Amazon rainforest. The issue of keeping Brazil’s strict forestry laws intact or legally opening up more forest for economic development pits environmentalists against Ruralistas, who claim that current laws are stifling economic growth and keeping peasants in poverty. So why is this important? Brazil is a powerhouse for agricultural and commodity exports. However, it is also home to some of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity. Brazil’s future depends on the balancing of these two interests. Environmental legislation is therefore as important to Brazilian development…
Tags: amazon, Brazil, Brazilian, deforestation, Europe, forest, forestry, law, laws, rainforest, rules
Nature, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 19th, 2010,
Plans for the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon have experienced some recent setbacks in the form of back and forth legal action as well as controversy over indigenous rights and environmental issues. As of Friday, however, bids for construction contracts are again set to move forward on the previously planned date of April 20th. The Belo Monte dam project, set to be located on the Amazon’s Xingu River, will be the world’s third largest hydroelectric plant of its kind. It is part of a Brazilian government initiative to fuel economic expansion and recovery while mitigating…
Tags: amazon, Avatar, Belo Monte, Brazil, Brazilian, Cameron, dam, energy, government, hydroelectric, indigenous, James, native, project, river, Xingu
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 10th, 2010,
At a former farm in the Arab emirate of Qatar, a nearly extinct species of Brazilian parrot is being bred in order to preserve and eventually repopulate the breed in its native habitat over 10,000 kilometers away. The Spix’s Macaw is a type of parrot native to the state of Bahia in northwest Brazil. The Spix’s has been considered extinct in the wild since 2000, after years of hunting, trapping and habitat destruction. Al Wabra Wildlife Preserve is privately funded by a Qatari sheik and cares for around 2,000 animals – including a large portion of the world’s remaining Spix’s…
Tags: Al Wabra, Brazilian, endangered, extinct, macaw, Nature, parrot, Qatar, sheik, species, Spix's, Wildlife Preservation
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 18th, 2010,
![]( "<!--:en-->Full disclosure: Multinational corporations")
' src='http://gf2.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/7465.jpg' alt='full-disclosure-multinational-corporations-feed-us-rainforests' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> A new report by the Forest Footprint Disclosure initiative discloses how global business is destroying the one of the world’s most valuable resources: its rainforests. A UK government backed project, Forest Footprint Disclosure’s aim is to inform investors and the public about how organizations contribute to deforestation. The results are not good: the beef, soy, palm oil, biofuels and lumber industries all significantly cause rainforest destruction – and they are all big moneymakers. In the current economic model, cold hard cash is worth a lot more than natural capital. Despite pockets of growing awareness, this model of heedless, irresponsible consumption…
Tags: BBC, Brazil, Brazilian, Business, companies, food, Forest Footprint Disclosure, investor, multinational, rainforest
Climate Change, Green living, Nature, Feb 4th, 2010,
To the disappointment of environmental and indigenous rights groups, the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest has been green-lighted by the Brazilian environmental ministry. The Belo Monte dam project on the Amazon’s Xingu River will be the world’s third largest project of its kind. The hydroelectric dam is part of a government initiative to fuel economic expansion while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Yet many see the Belo Monte project as destructive – both to the fragile and valuable ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest and to its indigenous inhabitants’ way of life. Roberto Messias, head of Brazil’s…
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