Tag: Amazon basin

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Ecuador decrees oil production under 'force majeure'

  

  The Government of Ecuador has declared a situation of force majeure for the country's oil sector due to the effects of erosion in the Coca River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon basin.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Research shows illegal mining in Brazil on the rise

  

  A scientific report released Monday by the organization MapBiomas showed that 65% of mining activities carried out in the Brazilian Amazon basin were not legal.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Lula da Silva accuses Bolsonaro of stupidity and tarnishing Brazil's reputation

  

  Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva has accused the incumbent leader Jair Bolsonaro of “stupidity” and of been guided ideologically by someone that doesn't believe the world is round, all of which has thrown into the drain, the country's reputation.

• Monday, January 8th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazil announces end of building big hydroelectric dams in Amazon basin

  

  In a surprise move, the Brazilian government has announced that the era of building big hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin, long criticized by environmentalists and indigenous groups, is ending.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 03:27 UTC

  South American defense ministers meet to improve monitoring of Amazon region

  

  South American defense ministers gathered in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus on Thursday to discuss how to improve monitoring of the huge Amazon region. Attending the seminar which runs through Friday are Brazil's Celso Amorim, Colombia's Juan Carlos Pinzón and Ecuador's María Fernanda Espinosa.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2013 - 06:50 UTC

  BP and Total win exploration rights in virgin waters of Brazil’s Amazon basin

  

  BP and Total, Europe’s biggest oil companies after Shell, won exploration rights in the Amazon basin as Brazil’s first oil auction in five years attracts a record level of bids. Total, based in Paris, gained exploration access to operate five blocks at the Foz do Amazonas basin in northern Brazil together with partners BP and Petrobras, the oil regulator said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2013 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil leads meeting of Amazon basin Cooperation Treaty in Ecuador

  

  Brazilian Foreign minister Antonio Patriota arrives Thursday in Ecuador for bilateral talks on trade, investment and immigration, and to attend a day later the Amazon group summit of ministers, reports Itamaraty palace.