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Amazon deforestation falls by 49% in June, officials say

August 15, 2010

The Brazilian Ministry of Environment last week announced that there was a 49% drop in deforestation in the Amazon region in June, compared with the same period in 2009. The data was provided by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) through its Real Time Deforestation Detection System (DETER). In total, 95.48 square miles were [...]

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Dispatch from the Amazon: the queen of biomes needs care – and global cooperation

July 29, 2010

The day the group of journalists I was visiting Brazil with by an invitation of Apex, a trade and investment agency, arrived in Brasilia for a series of meetings with government officials, the news was good. The country had managed to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region by 47% between August 2009 and May 2010, [...]

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Dispatch from Brazil: the energy issue

July 28, 2010

Brazil takes a lot of pride in the fact that 48% of its energy matrix is renewable, mostly thanks to hydropower, the source of 80% of the electricity consumed in the country, and ethanol, which has been powering vehicles in the country since the late 1970s. In Brazil, energy accounts for only 2.5% of the [...]

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Dispatch from the Amazon: Can extracting oil and gas in the rainforest be green?

July 24, 2010

The 400-plus-mile plane journey between Manaus and Urucu is like an overture to a green opera. From the airplane you gaze in awe at the vastness of the Amazon forest, a sea of trees that lies quietly and powerfully on the ground below, looking eternal as the earth itself. It’s a feeling of amazement as [...]

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Dispatch from the Amazon: arrival

July 20, 2010

Hello from the Amazon in Brazil! Technorati Tags: Amazon trip, Manaus, Renewable energy Related Posts:Maine Moves To Reduce Oil ConsumptionNew Report Reveals 20% of Global Energy Came From Renewable Sources in 2010Ontario Increases Support For Alternative EnergyRenewable Energy Needs Comprehensive Policies, Says Stanford ScholarCleantech Has a New Online Marketplace

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