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2. Amazonas (Brazilian state) - Wikipedia

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   Amazonas (Brazilian state) /  5°S 63°W  / -5; -63. Amazonas[ 4] ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐmaˈzonɐs] ⓘ) is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the ninth-largest country subdivision in the world. It is the largest country subdivision ...

3. Amazon biome - Wikipedia

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   In Brazil the biome covers more than 4,100,000 square kilometres (1,600,000 sq mi) and covers all or parts of the states of Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia, Pará, Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins and Mato Grosso. [7] The Amazon biome covers 49.29% of Brazil. [8] 16% of the biome is in Peru. As of 2015 about 23.4% of Peru's Amazon biome was ...

4. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]

5. Brazil's Lula: Amazon countries summit to build common ... - AOL

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   Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday said that next week's summit of Amazon region nations will seek to draw up a common policy for the first time to protect the rainforest. The ...

6. In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against ...

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   In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. The goal is ambitious, counter the forces that have destroyed 10% of ...

7. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is down ... - AOL

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   Deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest slowed over the last 12 months by nearly half compared to the previous year, according to new government data. The country lost 4300 ...

8. National Institute of Amazonian Research - Wikipedia

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   The National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia or INPA) is a public educational and research institution headquartered in Manaus, Brazil. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of furthering scientific knowledge of the Brazilian Amazon Region .

9. Amazon Region Protected Areas Program - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. [ 1] The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from ...