News articles tagged with 'Amazon'
Brazil sets example on halting forest loss
— 21 Nov 2009 10:18 | EnvironmentThe recent announcement by Brazil - one of the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases from deforestation - that it is adopting new emissions reduction targets could help steer negotiators... — full story
Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
— 15 Nov 2009 16:46 | EnvironmentFewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says... — full story
Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions
— 6 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentAn innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach,... — full story
Forming an Amazon rainforest microbial observatory
— 15 Jul 2009 01:12 | EnvironmentThe Amazon rainforest may be the largest reservoir of soil microbes on Earth, yet researchers acknowledge that many of these organisms are almost unknown to science, according to University... — full story
New monkey discovered in Brazil
— 8 Jul 2009 15:33 | BiologyThe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil. The monkey is related to saddleback tamarins, which... — full story
The Amazon River is 11 million years old
— 7 Jul 2009 18:13 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago. These are the most significant results... — full story
Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries
— 1 Jul 2009 12:39 | EnvironmentConservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing squatting on Amazon land - regulations that encompass parcels equal to the combined size of Germany... — full story
Amazon conservation policy working in Brazil
— 16 Jun 2009 01:38 | EnvironmentContrary to common belief, Brazil's policy of protecting portions of the Amazonian forest from development is capable of buffering the Amazon from climate change, according to a new... — full story
Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon
— 11 Jun 2009 18:00 | EnvironmentClearing the Amazon rainforest increases Brazilian communities' wealth and quality of life, but these improvements are short-lived, according to new research published 12 June in Science.... — full story
More studies needed for Amazon dams
— 9 Jun 2009 12:23 | EnvironmentAn international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions... — full story