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• How Amazon forest loss may affect water—and climate—far away
  “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 19/11/2018 A surge in deforestation under Brazil’s new president could ‘tip’ the Amazon, affecting weather and water supplies—in Brazil and beyond. The president-elect of Brazil has big plans for the Amazon rainforest. He wants to carve more mines and pave new roads. He wants fewer penalties for cutting down trees, and he […] […]
• ‘Sad surprise’: Amazon fish contaminated by plastic particles
    “AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN” 19/11/2018 Scientists in Brazil find first evidence of plastic pollution in Amazon basin freshwater fish The red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is one species from the Xingu River found to have been contaminated by plastics. Photograph: Thomas Males/Alamy Stock Photo Scientists have found the first evidence of plastic contami […]
• Ecuador is destroying the Amazon Yasuni biosphere reserve to extract & contaminate water
  AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN 19/11/2018 Producción del ITT es 80% agua y 20% petróleo     A dos años, dos meses de iniciada la operación extractiva en el bloque ITT –ubicado en la zona de amortiguamiento del Parque Yasuní–, se obtiene 80% de agua y 20% de crudo. Así lo certifica Petroamazonas EP en sus cifras […]
• AMAZON CRISIS: Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot
  AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN 14/11/2018   Unfortunately these idiots are for real & highly dangerous: “Ernesto Araujo has called climate science ‘dogma’ and bemoaned the ‘criminalisation’ of red meat, oil and heterosexual sex.” The New fascist threat to the Amazon: Ernesto Araujo, right, has been nominated by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, left, to be Brazil’s t […]
• Bamboo: The Essence of Sustainability
  AMAZON PINK DOLPHIN 13/11/2018         SELVA- Vida Sin Fronteras’ Program “Bamboo- the essence of sustainability,” was conceived in 1992 with numerous environmental and social – economic objectives in mind. Located in the Amazon and Pacific coastal regions, naturally growing Bamboo forests cover approximately 600 thousand hectares in Ecuador; two per cent of […]