Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...
Bradenton Herald16d
Toothless ‘electric’ creature found in shallow river in Brazil. It’s a new species
Scientists found a toothless “electric” creature with “large” eyes in shallow streams and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View June 2012 ...
ThePrint20d
Brazil’s Ibama staff recommend against Petrobras drilling in Amazon region
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The technical staff at Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama recommended that the body deny authorization for Petrobras to carry out drilling in the environmentally sensitive ...
Mongabay25d
Deforestation and airstrip close to isolated teen’s Indigenous land in Brazil Amazon
On the evening of Feb. 12, a teenager from an isolated Indigenous group voluntarily made contact with people in a fishing village in the western Brazilian Amazon, according to Brazil’s ...
The Independent25d
Sinkholes appear in Amazon as Brazilian city declares emergency
Several buildings in the city of Buriticupu, in the north eastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, have already been ... by the large soil erosions, known in Brazil as “voçoroca”, a word of ...
The Indian Express26d
Amazonian town in Brazil announces emergency after massive sinkholes put hundreds at risk
The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth ... The large soil erosions are known in Brazil as “voçoroca”, a word of indigenous ...