Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
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Wildlife trade in the Amazon countries: an analysis of trade in CITES listed species
This report presents the first comprehensive overview of international trade in CITES-listed wildlife in the Amazon countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
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New Amazon dams would be 'massively' destructive- study
Paris - Building the 428 hydroelectric dams proposed for Brazil's Amazon basin - three times the existing number - would devastate the environment and could even disrupt regional weather, an international
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Tropical forest diversity and carbon richness not linked, study finds
Though biodiversity and carbon storage have been linked in past forest research, a new study using Amazon, Congo and Borneo data found no consistent correlation. Tropical forest diversity and carbon richness
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Greenpeace says Total underestimated drilling risks near Amazon reef
French oil and gas company Total and other energy majors should abandon plans to drill close to the mouth of Brazil's Amazon because of potential risks to the ecosystem of the area, environmental campaigner
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Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 years
Small and medium-scale agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015. According to experts of the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) controlling the deforestation
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Guaviare: Colombia’s frontline in the country’s battle to stop deforestation in the Amazon
Post-FARC development risks could render important eco-systems vulnerable in Colombia. Guaviare: Colombia’s frontline in the country’s battle to stop deforestation in the Amazon Almost 90 percent
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Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists
This time last year, scientists announced the discovery of a reef system at the mouth of the Amazon River — and right from the beginning, they began issuing warnings about companies’ plans to drill for
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Carbon dioxide emissions along the Lower Amazon River
<p>A large fraction of the organic carbon derived from land that is transported through inland waters is decomposed along river systems and emitted to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). The Amazon
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Cameroon: Technology and Big Data Are Helping Cameroonians Protect Their Forests
Deforestation is still increasing exponentially in tropical regions. Some of the worst regions in the world are the Amazon rainforest, South East Asia and Central Africa. Between 2010 and 2015 there was
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Amazon looks to go big on solar, clean energy
Solar systems to be deployed at 50 Amazon facilities worldwide in the next three years Amazon is to install solar panels at its warehouses and distribution centres around the world. The online retail