In May a further swathe of ranching country, from Sao Paulo almost to Amazonia, was certified disease-free.
Amazonia Expeditions' Tahuayo Lodge has a satellite research centre deeper in the jungle, and a zipline above the jungle canopy.
Recent climate-vegetation models suggest that excessive cerrado clearance could lead to the drying up and loss of rainforest in south Amazonia.
Mr O'Hanlon, who has taken us to Borneo, Amazonia and Congo in his previous madcap books, is a game, if unstable, passenger.
Although there are easily enough dammable rivers to double the current electricity supply, many of the best sites are in remote Amazonia.
Mato Grosso state has pioneered the use of satellite-mapping to enforce a law that obliges Amazonia's landowners to leave 80% of forested land untouched.
Agriculture and tourism, two industries that are well-suited to Amazonia and are potentially big providers of jobs, have been largely ignored by the tax rules.
The other two are the Banco do Nordeste and Banco da Amazonia, which provide a similar range of services for the north-east and the Amazon basin.
But only one has been built, in Amazonia.
ECONOMIST: Getting caught is no problem for Brazil's gangsters
Nilton Sacenco, Suframa's deputy superintendent, says that new rules will distinguish between a computer with good speakers (tax breaks available all over Brazil) and a domestic appliance with added Internet access (tax breaks in Amazonia only).
The High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas (Amazonia, the Congo forests of Central Africa, the Miombo-Mopane Woodlands of Southern Africa, the island of New Guinea, and the North American Deserts) are similar to the Hotspots in that they have very high levels of diversity and endemism, but unlike the Hotspots they are still largely intact.
FORBES: Conservation International: Stemming the Tide of Environmental Crises, Part Two
应用推荐