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Brazil to survey Amazon rainforest
2013-01-28 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Brazilian government has announced that it plans to undertake the huge task of recording an inventory of the trees in the Amazon rainforest. The Forestry Ministry said the census would take four years to complete, and would provide detailed data on tree species, soils and biodiversity in the world's largest rainforest. The last exhaustive survey was carried out more than 30 years ago. Luis Meneses runs the Global Canopy programme, an alliance of universities and research centres around...
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Brazil plans Amazon tree census to assess deforestation
2013-01-27 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Brazilian government is to launch a four-year tree census of the Amazon to improve understanding of the impacts of deforestation, climate change and conservation efforts. The study will also help to assess the potential value of the biodiversity under the canopy and the growth of human settlements in the Amazon region, which is home to a number of fast-expanding cities, as well as uncontacted indigenous tribes. The cataloguing operation will be the most detailed study for 40 years a period...
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Brazil to inventory the Amazon
2013-01-27 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Brazil will launch a comprehensive inventory of trees in the Amazon rainforest for the first time in more than 30 years, reports BBC News. The effort, which is expected to take four years, will provide data on tree species, soils, and biodiversity. The inventory will also yield information on potential economic use of forest resources, according to Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira. Brazil's national development bank BNDES is providing $33 million for the initiative, which will release updates...
GM Considers Brazil Options With Akerson's Global Reorganization
2013-01-26 07:44:58| Automakers - Topix.net
As General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson works on a global corporate reorganization, the decisions he faces are playing out in one of the company's most important emerging markets: Brazil.
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Brazil to carry out Amazon survey
2013-01-26 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Brazilian government has announced that it plans to undertake the huge task of recording an inventory of the trees in the Amazon rainforest. The Forestry Ministry said the census would take four years to complete, and would provide detailed data on tree species, soils and biodiversity in the world's largest rainforest. The last exhaustive survey was carried out more than 30 years ago. In that time the rainforest has become increasingly threatened by logging. The Brazilian government...
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