One morning two days before Christmas in 1988, Chico Mendes, the leader of a group of rubber tree tappers, walked into his backyard to take a shower. That was his routine.
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A large-scale new study identifies a critical threshold for significant species loss in the Amazon due to deforestation, but also suggests a strategy for action 
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Unless a system-wide approach to conservation is applied to Amazon basin lakes, floodplains and rivers, we could soon see a collapse of the region’s fish populations.
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By Morgan Erickson-Davis
22 April 2016 (mongabay.com) – The quest for gold has been stripping rainforest from around rivers in the Amazon Basin, with not even protected areas immune from mining.
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International research center led by Wake Forest University experts. River in Manú National Park in Cusco Region and Madre de Dios Region.
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WORLD Plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon have been put on hold due to concerns about its impact on the indigenous community in the region.
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A new deforestation alert system lets users know about forest changes in just a week.
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Jungle covered in black sludge after a landslide caused the country’s main oil pipeline to rupture, polluting rivers relied on by eight native communities
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Spiders glide gracefully to safety Amazing Science, Living high in the rainforest canopies of South America, selenopid spiders are at constant risk of fallin...
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Super cool that one the ACTSPeru advisory council members, Dr. Steve Yanoviak, is one of the scientists behind this research!
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The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical ecosystem on the planet, covering an area of South America close to the … Read More
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Great fun facts about the Amazon comin' at ya!
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Between December 2015 and January 2016, illegal gold mining activities seem to have moved further into Tambopata National Reserve, clearing around 20 hectares of protected forest.
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Indigenous hunters in Colombia are keeping track of their prey and harvest on their mobile phones.
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The dream of a railroad across the Amazon —which dates back at least a century— has never materialized, but refuses to die.
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Symrise has identified the Amazon region as one of the most promising sources of botanical innovation. To be at the heart of this strategic (...)
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Interesting...
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Francisco "Chico" Mendes (1944 - 1988), Brazilian rubber-tapper and environmentalist, actively involved in protecting the Amazon forest through his advocacy for the rights of local communities and indigenous peoples.
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Researchers predict increased seasonal precipitation and much higher rainfall fluctuations in the Peruvian Amazon basin due to rising global temperatures.
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"Save the rainforest” is an environmental slogan as old as time — but Tasso Azevedo catches us up on how the fight is actually going these days.
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A new global partnership has been forged and high-tech tools are being developed all in the name of improving transparency of supply chains and ending deforestation
Why do we let history repeat itself?
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National geographic - Amazon Forest - BBC wildlife animal documentary The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selv
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One hundred and fifty feet above the ground in the Amazonian rainforest, a vast ocean of green spreads out in every direction. The rainforest canopy is made up of mostly tropical evergreen trees, which take in enormous amounts ...
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Whip spiders, members of arachnid order Amblypygi, are fascinating predators that look like a cross between a spider and a mantis.
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Great overview of an arthropod we love finding on a night hike in the Amazon!
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Following an expedition along the French Guiana-Brazil border, this short film examines how modern techniques and equipment, coupled with old-fashioned explo...
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Modern tech + old fashioned field expeditions = awesomeness!
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For more science knowledge on periods, check out Anna's video on Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1PDHhS9 Field work can be the most exciting part of research sc...
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#womeninscience #womenfieldscientists. If you don't know Emily Graslie from The Brain Scoop, she's fantastic and a great role model for girls in science. Here's her straightforward, funny, and much needed approach to a normal healthy biological function - that no one wants to talk about!
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My first night of a 4 month field season, I settled down to sleep listening to the buzzes and squawks of the jungle night, mosquito net carefully tucked in all around my mattress. After a while, in the pitch dark, I felt the net trembling, as an animal climbed down the cord that held it…
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The lower Las Piedras River, in the far west Amazon rainforest of the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, is an incredibly biodiverse area — but it’s also the site of an increasing amount of deforestation.
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