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The string trio that played typical local music during Earth Hour's blackout.

18 Dec 2008
Earth Hour Bolivia 2009: In the cities of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Puerto Quijarro and Trinidad
WWF Bolivia, the global conservation organization, in collaboration with the municipal governments of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Trinidad and Puerto Quijarro, local power companies CRE and Coserelec, invite you to participate in Earth Hour Bolivia 2009.

Earth Hour is a WWF campaign carried out globally in which cities and communities turn off their lights on March 28th, 2009 for one hour (from 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time), as a sign of leadership and commitment towards finding solutions regarding global warming, as well as becoming more aware of how to save energy in our everyday activities by unplugging electrical appliances, turning off the lights when we leave a room etc. » Read more

Forest clearing for pasture for cattle, Juruena National Park, Brazil.

03 Dec 2008
Brazil falls short with forest emission reduction ambitions
Brazil's revised National Climate Change Plan, which for the first time defines goals for reducing massive emissions from deforestation in the Amazon, is commendable but still short on ambition and detail, WWF-Brazil said today.
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29 Nov 2008
Amazon deforestation trend on the increase
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country's space agency INPE. Brazil's government has meanwhile confirmed that it will be issuing forest related carbon emission reduction targets on Monday. » Read more

The approved motion will complement regional and national efforts to protect the Amazon against climate change.

17 Oct 2008
World Conservation Congress supports a conservation vision for the Amazon

Santiago de Cali, Colombia. At the 2008 World Conservation Congress, in Barcelona, IUCN approved a motion for “Building a Conservation Vision for the Amazonian Biome.” This will guarantee greater support and participation from the administration, commissions and members of IUCN, as well as from donors and other organizations, for this process which is led by the Latin American Network for Technical Cooperation for National Parks, Other Protected Areas and Wild Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES), with the participation of the nine Amazonian countries, along with regional and international NGOs. This process will be presented as a regional implementation initiative within the Work Plan for Protected Areas at the 2010 Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (COP), in Japan.

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Although recent government figures in Brazil show a reduction in the rate of deforestation this year in the Amazon, burning rainforest to create pastureland for ranching and other agricultural activities continues. Amazon, Brazil.

01 Oct 2008
Brazil announces new measures to stem Amazon assault
Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that 756km2 of Amazon forest were cleared in August, triple the 230km2 cleared in August 2007.
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Kids at Tiquipaya Municipality (Bolivian Amazon).

04 Sep 2008
September 4th: National Protected Areas Day in Bolivia
It has been 10 years since the institutionalization in terms of the functioning of the Sernap (National Service for Protected Areas) in 1998, a decentralized unit of the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development and Environment responsible for coordinating the functioning of the National Protected Areas System and guaranteeing its integral management. In 2005, the Bolivian Government, through Supreme Decree Nr. 28315, officially declared September 4th as National Protected Areas Day. » Read more

Illegal logging contributes heavily to the destruction of biodiversity and the impoverishment of millions of people that depend on forests for food and income. Madre de Dios, Peru.

22 Jul 2008
Too much illegal wood in EU markets - WWF
Brussels, Belgium: Almost one-fifth of wood imported into the European Union in 2006 came from illegal or suspected illegal sources, with Russia, Indonesia and China being the main sources, says a new WWF report. The global conservation organisation calls for strong European legislation to prevent illegal wood entering the EU markets.
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Maflops, a forest management company operating close to Highway BR-163, practices sustainable forestry. If carried out the right way, sustainable forestry activities can generate income, provide long-term timber supplies and ensure that forests continue to be ecologically functional.

04 Jul 2008
Vague land ownership a factor in Amazon deforestation
A "fragile" land tenure system and "a scarce presence" by the State were identified as key factors in rising Amazon deforestation last week. » Read more

Rio Negro Forest Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil.

30 May 2008
Brazil announces new Amazon protected areas
Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced today, May 29th, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, a commitment to create 4 new protected areas, 3 of them in the Brazilian Amazon. » Read more

The resignation of Marina Silva, Brazilian Minister of the Environment, was a surprise for the conservationist community.

16 May 2008
Conservationists lament departure of Brazilian minister
The sudden resignation of Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva on 13 May has been greeted with shock and regret by the conservationist community.

“This is a clear sign that environmental issues are not in the agenda of the government”, said Denise Hamú, WWF-Brazil’s Secretary General.
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