In the Amazon State, Brazil, some projects have gained notoriety for their emphasis on providing effective education at various high school and higher education levels in remote cities. We aim at providing mainstream inclusion to people who live in hard-to-reach cities. The aim of this project...
Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2019 shows a fire consuming trees in Manicore, the state of Amazonas, Brazil. (Gabriela Biro/Agencia Estado/Handout via Xinhua) Global concern over the destruction of the Amazon sparked a spat between Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron, who called on the ...
Tocantins, inland estado (state) of north-central Brazil. Tocantins is bounded by the states of Maranhão and Piauí to the northeast, Bahia to the east, Goiás to the south, Mato Grosso to the west, and Pará to the northwest. Tocantins was created fr
According to annual Amazon deforestation statistics, the area destroyed in Brazil has increased by more than 65 percent since 2010.
A worker of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources points at the damage caused by a fire in Manicore, the state of Amazonas, Brazil on Aug. 26, 2019. BRAZIL OUT (Gabriela Biro/Agencia Estado/Handout via Xinhua) ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been submerged in floodwaters, adding yet another challenge for the beleaguered state.
Manaus is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas and serves as a major gateway for explorers entering the rainforest. The city has rich cultural and historical attractions, including historic theaters and museums, providing background knowledge for your adventure. ...
neighbor method to match the resolution of 250 m. To prevent bias, only non-anthropized regions were compared (Fig.7). Comparing the two maps, the greatest differences in negative values occurred in the central region of the state of Pará and in the western region of the state of ...
Brazilian state with the largest deforested area Deforested areas as share of the Legal Amazon Share of deforested area in private land Wildfires Brazilian biome with most wildfires Legal Amazon as share of wildfires in Brazil State with the most outbreaks Land use Area planted with cro...
Burnt areas near Moraes Almeida in Brazil's Pará state are shown in September 2019. Experts say there is a strong link between deforestation and fires in the Amazon rainforest. NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/AFP via Getty Images “The edge of a forest is warmer and drier than large tracts of unfragme...