By Carlos Meneses Itaituba, Brazil, Feb 15 (EFE).- A loud shout breaks the silence in Brazil’s Amazon region. Let out by an environmental monitoring agent, it alerts his fellow team members to the discovery of a large excavator used in recent days to open a 16-hectare (40-acre) illegal mine in an environmentally protected area of …
Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.