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Brazil Environment

June 2008

For Brazil, Brazilian, environment, ecology, ecological, Amazon Amazonia, ecosystem, conservation, deforestation, forestry, forests, forest, water, waste, pollution, news, law, legislation, public policy, working papers, analysis, research, publications, data, study, survey, statistics

Edited by Professor Joseph Domask
American University, Washington, D.C.
See International Environment and Development (IED) program

 

Brazilian Academia & Research

  • Embrapa-Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation: governmental institution; publications and research; site map; English and Spanish
  • INPA-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/National Institute of Amazonian Research: governmental institution; search and site map
  • INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial/National Institute of Spatial Research: governmental institution; see images database and PRODES (annual rates of deforestation); English
  • Museu Emilio Goeldi: Amazon region public research institution; biodiversity and sociocultural issues
  • Unicamp-Universidade de Campinas: Ambiente e Sociedade, periodical, environment and sociology, full access through Scielo; NEPAM-Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais
    UFPA-Universidade Federal do Pará: NUMA-Núcleo de Meio Ambiente; NAEA-Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos
  • UFPR-Universidade Federal do Paraná: Engenharia Florestal, search

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Amazon

  • Amazônia: news, law, public policy; English version (search)
  • Amazonia.Org: news and documents; English, Italian and Portuguese
  • Amazonlink: Brazilian ngo; site map; Portuguese, German and English
  • Amazon Watch: USA-based ngo; news, videos, Brazilian page
  • BCDAM-Sistema de Bases Compartilhadas de
    Dados sobre a Amazônia/System of Shared Databases on the Amazon Region: subordinated to the Ministry of Environment; PPG7-Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais, SIPAN-Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia (English); search site
  • BDFFP-Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: INPA-Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon & Smithsonian Institution; English, Spanish and Portuguese
  • GTA-Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico: news, opinion articles, research
  • Imazon-Amazon Institute of People and Environment: research institution; contains maps and publications; English version
  • IPAM-Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia: research ngo; news, publications, public policy
  • LBA-Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (NASA), bibliographic database
  • Portal de Ciência e Tecnologia da Amazônia-Prossiga

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Portals & E-Libraries

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Global Sources

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Maps

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Brazilian Media

Government & Political Institutions

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Brazilian NGOs

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Forestry

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Law
  • CIEL-Center for International Environmental Law: non-profit law firm; papers and publications; search
  • Direito Ambiental: IBAP-Instituto Brasileiro de Advocacia Pública: access to news and publications
  • E-Law-Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide: legal and scientific resources; English and Spanish
  • ELI-Environmental Law Institute: news and publications; site map

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Water / Drought

  • Agua Online: news and law on water and other related environmental issues
  • ANA-Agência Nacional de Águas: site map
  • ABRH-Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos: news and law
  • APREC-Associação de Preservação dos Ecossistemas Costeiros: ngo; news and law on Brazilian coastal and river ecosystems
  • Rede das Aguas: information network; news and law

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Climate Change
  • Centro Clima: Environment Ministry & COPPE/UFRJ: research institution on climate change; English
  • Climatic Research Unit: University of East Anglia; hosts
    Tiempo Climate Newswatch (portal with news and articles; pages on Brazil; search)
  • IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: UNEP-United Nations Environment Programme; multilingual site
  • Mudanças Climáticas: Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology; English, French and Spanish

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Recycling

Contributors: Claudia Guimarães (Brazil), Marcel Le Scoarnec (France)

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