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Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities

TERRA FIRME, Brazil Growing up, Maria de Fátima Batista often studied in the dark, using a candle or lantern for light because the riverine community where she lives in Brazil’s Amazon did not have electricity. Today, aged 58, Batista, her family and the rest of the Terra Firme community, which sits by the banks […] ....

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COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon's pirarucu


COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon’s pirarucu
There’s been a reported surge in illegal fishing of pirarucu, also known as arapaima, a massive Amazonian fish, in the Brazilian city of Manaus.
The fishing season is supposed to be closed from November to March, under a policy imposed in 2005 to protect fish populations and the income of traditional fishers.
The policy has been criticized for effectively subsidizing fishers, prompting an increase in their numbers, along with frequent violations of the close season.
The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of enforcement due to lockdowns have compounded the problem, pushing more people into illegal fishing to earn money. ....

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Brazil Scientists See Signs of New Virus Mutations Amid Outbreak


Brazil Scientists See Signs of New Virus Mutations Amid Outbreak
Bloomberg
1/15/2021
Marisa Wanzeller, Luana Vicentina and Caroline Aragaki
(Bloomberg) Brazil researchers are warning that a new coronavirus strain spotted just days ago could be aggravating an outbreak in Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon rain-forest.
Experts are willing to infer the surge in cases that’s left Manaus hospitals without available beds and oxygen is tied to the new strain, but haven’t yet been able to confirm the suspicion. While the variant seems to be more transmissible, a half a dozen researchers say there aren’t enough studies yet to say it’s responsible for the faster spread, and no evidence on whether it causes a more severe form of the Covid-19. ....

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