Reducing sulphur dioxide emissions linked to increasing risk of drought, scientists say. this article to news version (SOURCE: University of Exeter, news release, May 7, 2008) WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Cleaner air may actually threaten the Amazon rainforest, according to Brazilian and British climate scientists. They claim that a reduction in coal burning and the resultant sulphur dioxide emissions is linked to increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical north Atlantic, which increases the...
Brazil's Amazon minister resigns 
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BBC News
Brazil's Environment Minister, Marina Silva, a staunch defender of the Amazon rainforest, has resigned her post. No reason has been given, but correspondents say she has recently been at odds with the government over...
Amazon dilemma for Brazil's Indians
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BBC News
Dawn in the Amazon rainforest, and even through the early morning mist the scars of deforestation can be seen. In the Amazonian state of Para, years of destruction have left their mark, with land cleared by loggers or...
Amazon 'needs economic chances'
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BBC News
The Brazilian minister in charge of managing the Amazon rainforest has said deforestation can only be halted if people are given economic chances. Planning minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger told the BBC there was a...
Lawlessness mars Amazon dreams
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BBC News
Carlito is one of the biggest individual deforesters in the Amazon rainforest. Since he moved here four decades ago, he has been responsible for clearing 100,000 hectares of trees across three states to make way for his...
Who decides the fate of the Amazon?
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BBC News
The key to the earth's climate, ecological diversity and its very character are said to lie in Amazon's wilderness, one sixth of which has already been lost to logging and growing crops. Is exploiting the rainforest a...
Brazil Wants Approval for All Foreigners Heading to Amazon
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By MARCO SIBAJA Associated Press Writer BRASILIA, Brazil Apr 26, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE Sixty percent of Brazil could soon be off-limits to foreigners who don't get special permission to visit the...
