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2. 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. Most of INPA's research focuses on tropical forest ...

3. Amazônia Legal - Wikipedia

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   Amazônia Legal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonjɐ leˈɡaw] ), also known as Brazil's Legal Amazon ( BLA ), is the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil, containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. The government designated this region in 1948 based on its studies on how to plan the economic and social development of the Amazon ...

4. Amazon Surveillance System - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon Surveillance System ( SIVAM, Portuguese: Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia ), is a complex surveillance system used for monitoring Amazônia Legal ("legal Amazon area"). This area includes the Brazilian rainforest, to curb the trafficking of illegal narcotics and to curb illegal logging or burning of the forest.

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6. 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.

7. Brazil courts private sector help to reforest the Amazon ...

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   Brazil's government wants the private sector to help reforest large swathes of the Amazon, the country's Environment Minister Marina Silva said in an interview, using concessions to replant some ...

8. Brazil to share intel, technology with Amazon nations at ...

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   Brazil will share with its Amazon neighbors the technology the Federal Police is developing to trace the origins of gold illegally extracted by wildcat miners in the rainforest, Freire said.

9. Amazon Fund - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon Fund (in Portuguese: Fundo Amazônia) is an initiative created by the Brazilian Government and managed by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). It was established on 1 August 2008, with the aim of attracting donations for non-reimbursable investments in actions for the prevention, monitoring, and combat of ...