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Brazil's Drought Polygon
Brazil's Drought Polygon Brazil's Drought Polygon The interior of Brasil's northeastern region ... 's Nordeste region forms the bulge of South America that juts into the Atlantic Ocean. A semi-arid backland, the sertão, lies inland from the Nordeste's ... is low and irregular, and the interior is covered by a thin scrub forest known locally as the caatinga. The low and variable precipitation drives a cycle ...
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One World Journeys Member Submission: Trekking the Skies of Brazil
Mountains (2) Trekking the Skies of Brazil A classical trekking route in Southeastern Brazil By Pedro Novaes, reporting from Orgaos Moutain Range, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil Email the author Sunrise at ... 373 meters uphill trail from the town of Teresopolis, almost entirely done amid the luxurious Atlantic Forest. The high grass fields are only reached pretty close to the camping point near the ...
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Brazil: About Brazil
Basin) and along the Atlantic coast (forming the Atlantic Forest). National Geographic Map Machine / plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ The Amazon River Basin alone accounts for about 40% of Brazil's national territory. ... to human encroachment and subsistence activity. Photo by Art Wolfe/ www.artwolfe.com The Atlantic Forest is a composite of great species richness as well. At one point it ...
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Conservation International - Projects
Northeast Atlantic Forest, Brazil The Paraiba state of northeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, known for its biological diversity, has been under ... Muriqui Habitat Corridor Forest Carbon Project, Brazil The Ipanema/Caratinga/Sossego (``Muriqui'') Biodiversity Corridor is an extremely threatened region in the Atlantic forest of Brazil that harbors ...
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Ecotour - Brazilian Atlantic Forest - Una Canopy Walkway
Brazil Tel. +5573-633-1121 Email: info@ecoparque.org.br Website: http://www.ecoparque.org.br/english/english.htm © CI, Russell A. Mittermeier Atlantic Forest, Brazil © Andrew Young Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides), Atlantic Forest, Brazil ...
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EJF: Environmental Impacts - Brazil
I Help? The Issues Partners Reports Film Photos Success Stories Environmental Impacts - Brazil © EJF Brazil's coastline boasts a great variety of habitats and plays host to a ... In Bahia, the Atlantic Forest (recognised internationally as a critically endangered ecoregion), is intricately associated with some mangroves. The Timonha estuary, the last well-preserved mangrove forest in Ceará, provides ...
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Facing the Forest: European Travellers Crossing the Mucuri River Valley, Brazil, in the Nineteenth Century
Other volumes of E&H Environment and History Facing the Forest: European Travellers Crossing the Mucuri River Valley, Brazil, in the Nineteenth Century Regina Horta Duarte Environment and ... European travellers visited the Mucuri River Valley, part of the Brazilian territory where the Atlantic Forest once flourished. From the travellers' accounts, we discuss the conditions of exploration, and ...
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Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research and Conservation Center
Located in the Serra do Brigadeiro, in the highly endangered Atlantic Forest area of Minas Gerais, where most of the forest is privately owned by smallholders, we face the same challenges ... make up Iracambi in Brazil: Amigos de Iracambi is a non-profit organization (NGO) dedicated to helping forests and forest people survive through better management of forest lands. Supported by work ...
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Conservation International - Brazil
Related Links Forests The Amazon International Policy Land Use Our Approach Brazil With so much ground unexplored, Brazil's incredibly varied landscape is one giant playground for scientists. South America' ... of the Atlantic Forest, which hugs the coastline and includes the major cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Heavily deforested, less than 8 percent of that once-expansive forest remains ...
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The Raptor Foundation - World Land Trust Atlantic Forest Project
Atlantic Forest Project In conjunction with BIAZA (British & Irish Association of Zoos & Aquariums) & The World Land Trust, the Raptor Foundation is contributing towards a project to create a BIAZA Reserve in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The BIAZA Reserve will be an extension of the existing Reserva ...
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