Amazon News - March 29th 2006

[Alan Sondheim]

Amazon News
Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon

Amazon News is a weekly information service provided by www.amazonia.org.br, the largest bilingual site on the Brazilian Amazon region, in partnership with several Brazilian media.
Its publisher is Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon, a Brazilian non-profit and public interest registered organization.

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The news this week:

Only 53% of Amazon remains intact
O Estado de S.Paulo - 03/29/2006

Greenpeace commemorates injunction about plant's licensing as Environment Institute predicts a turnover decision
Amazonia.org.br - 03/29/2006

Brazil and seven other countries propose ministry-level working group to discuss actions for Amazon
Radiobrás - 03/28/2006

State of Amazonas announces 9,3 thousand square miles of new protected areas
Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil) - 03/28/2006

Detailed proposal for ecologic zoning suggests forest concessions
Amazonia.org.br - 03/27/2006

State of Acre creates a special Prosecutors' Offices for the Environment
Amazonia.org.br - 03/27/2006

Lula attacks rich on environment
BBC - 03/27/2006

Federal Government wants to protect 10% of Amazon with Conservation Units
Ministério do Meio Ambiente - 03/25/2006

Police inquiry investigates case of defoliant intoxication
Só Notícias - 03/24/2006

Governor requests that a state of emergency be declared in the state of Mato Grosso
O Estado de S.Paulo - 03/24/2006

Amazonian countries to set up joint project for Protected Areas
Ministério do Meio Ambiente - 03/23/2006

40% of the Amazon will be gone by 2050
O Estado de S.Paulo - 03/23/2006

Global warming could turn Amazon into Savannah Forest
WWF Brasil - 03/22/2006

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