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Brazil to move final analogue switchover to 2018
2013-06-11 21:40:39| Digital TV News
Brazil has announced that it has updated its plan for analogue television shut down. The schedule will now begin in March 2015 and end in 2018. The original plan was that the shutdown of the analogue service and the migration to fully digital would occur in 2016.
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Brazil: Climate conditions determine Amazon fire risk
2013-06-07 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying several times more forest than has been lost through deforestation in recent years. In the southern Amazon rainforest, fires below the forest treetops, or "understory fires," have been hidden from view from NASA satellites that detect actively burning fires. The new method has now led to the first regional estimate of understory...
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The Future of the Spirits Market in Brazil to 2017
2013-06-06 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
The report presents detailed data on the Spirits consumption trends in Brazil, historic and forecast consumption volume and value at market and category level, brand share, alcoholic strength, price s
Brazil touts progress in reducing deforestation, but fails to note recent jump in clearing
2013-06-06 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Today in a press release for the U.N.'s World Environment Day, the Brazilian government highlighted a sharp drop in deforestation since 2012. The trouble is, the South American superpower failed to acknowledge what appears to be a sharp rise in Amazon forest loss since last year, reports Greenpeace. In a post on the government's official blog, Brazil congratulated itself for an 84 percent decline in Amazon deforestation between August 2011 and July 2012 relative to 2004, the year that it enacted...
Brazil reports sharp drop in greenhouse emissions
2013-06-05 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: Brazils greenhouse-gas emissions fell nearly 39% between 2005 and 2010, according to an inventory released today by the country's government. Years in production, the document shows that the country has made dramatic progress in reducing deforestation, but it underscores significant future challenges. The analysis reports a 76% drop in cumulative emissions from deforestation between 2005 and 2010, with decreases not only in the Amazon but also in the surrounding savannahs. Brazil produced the...
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