As reported in THE ECOLOGISThttp://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2988657/bp_total_oil_drilling_would_endanger_newly_discovered_amazon_coral_reef.htmlA unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk9z1zuq1osa59m/On%C3%A7a-filhote.jpeg?dl=0 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Qa-u1xpb3WbmdtVEJvN0FHUmMIn 2015, by signing the Paris agreement, Brazil committed itself to a bold goal: recover 12 million hectares of forests throughout the country. This goal was reaffirmed in 2017, with the launch of the national policy of recovery of native vegetation. The goal was well received and is considered as one of the main strategies of Brazil to contain global warming and come to a net zero deforestation in Brazil. There's only one problem: we still don't know how to do a restoration of forests that size.An alliance formed by NGOs, forest companies and State Governments of the Amazon region decided to face this challenge. The group signed a Pact for the restoration of forests in the Amazon on Monday (30), in Belem, Para. The idea is to get the role the good intentions of recovering native forest. The first pictures of a huge coral reef system discovered in the Amazon last year have been released by environmental campaigners.The Amazon Reef is a 9,500 sq km (3,600 sq miles) system of corals, sponges and rhodoliths, Greenpeace says.The reef is almost 1,000 km (620 miles) long, and is located where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.Oil drilling could start in the area if companies obtain permits from the Brazilian government, the group warns.Amazon Reef: First images of new coral systemhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38789009 The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) reveals in a recent publication that the loss of original forest cover of the Amazon rainforest decelerated between 2000 and 2013 relative to the 1970-2000 period. Despite this deceleration, figures remain high within the entire region for the three periods analyzed (200-2005-2010-2013). The study estimates that 222,248 km 2 were deforested in the region between 2000 y 2013, an expanse equivalent to the territory of the United Kingdom.http://site1378233601.provisorio.ws/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Captura-de-Tela-2015-10-05-%C3%A0s-11.56.50.png https://www.facebook.com/PlayGroundBR/videos/279672312427754/This text, below, from The Guardian:Nearly one year on from the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history, the Gualaxo do Norte river in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais still runs iron-ore red.At 3.45pm on 5 November 2015 a huge tailings dam operated by Brazilian mining company Samarco collapsed and a tidal wave of 32m to 40m cubic meters of mining waste washed across the bucolic countryside of pretty green valleys, villages and farmland.Map of Minas GeraisThe waste - a liquid mix of water, sands and clays killed 19 people, destroyed villages, left hundreds homeless, and killed fish and aquatic life as it flowed on down the bigger River Doce to the sea more than 600km away. NAO TE AMO MAISESTAREI MENTINDO DIZENDO QUE AINDA TE QUERO COMO SEMPRE QUIS TENHO CERTEZA QUE NADA FOI EM VAO SINTO DENTRO DE MIM QUE VOCE NAO SIGNIFICA NADA NAO PODERIA DIZER JAMAIS QUE ALIMENTO UM GRANDE AMORJA