Amazon dilemmaBrazil Indians see logging as both threat and potential boon May 15, 2008
Highlights include a double edition of Newshour, presented live from three locations in Brazil - Manaus, Paragominas and Alta Floresta - at 1200 and a one hour special at 1600. This tribe now has the support of government agencies and some of the wooden houses with thatched roofs have satellite dishes, but this was an isolated group of people when they were discovered by Catholic missionaries in the 17th Century. (BBC News -- Americas)
Amazon's future in delicate balance May 15, 2008
By Candace Piette BBC News, Manaus, Amazonas ... Highlights include a double edition of Newshour, presented live from three locations in Brazil - Manaus, Paragominas and Alta Floresta - at 1200 and a one hour special at 1600. (Yahoo News -- Environment & Nature)
Delicate balanceCan the Amazon be exploited without being destroyed? May 13, 2008
By Candace Piette BBC News, Manaus, Amazonas. High food and commodity prices are increasing the pressure on the Amazon. (BBC News -- Science)
INMA Drops the 'Newspaper' from its Name May 13, 2008
Dissica Calderaro, director of marketing and planning, A Critica, Manaus, Brazil. Roger Dunbar, vice president, digital media and business development for The Globe and Mail. (MediaWeek.com)
29 bodies found in Brazilian boat accident May 7, 2008
Rescuers work to recover a boat that sank at the Solimoes River, about 50 miles (80 km) from Manaus, Brazil May 4, 2008. A boat carrying around 110 people, more than twice its capacity, sank on Sunday at dawn on a major river in the Amazon rain forest, rescue workers said. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Ferry sinksa in Brazil, killing at least 15 May 6, 2008
Brazils navy joined about 45 rescue workers, including 15 divers, in searching the area about 70km from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas State. The Navy issued a statement saying the boat had been ordered not to travel following an inspection in January because it lacked the proper paperwork and a qualified crew, Agencia Brasil said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Boat with 80 aboard sinks in Amazon May 5, 2008
Brazil's navy joined about 45 rescue workers, including 15 divers, in searching the area about 44 miles from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. The navy issued a statement saying the boat had been ordered not to travel following an inspection in January because it lacked the proper paperwork and a qualified crew, Agencia Brasil reported. (MSNBC -- International)
Ferry capsizes in Amazon region May 5, 2008
Navy diving teams teams searched for the missing at the scene near Manacapuru, 80km (50 miles) from the Amazonas capital Manaus. Most of those on board the boat, which went down in a sudden rainstorm, were young people returning from a party. (BBC News -- Americas)
Brazilian Boat Carrying 100 People Sinks in Amazon May 5, 2008
The vessel was taking passengers home from a party near the jungle city of Manaus ... Brazil's navy joined about 45 rescue workers, including 15 divers, in searching the area, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. (Fox News)
Forest values risewith warming Apr 18, 2008
They banded together in Manaus, Brazil this month to present a position on how indigenous communities should be consulted and included when it comes to ecosystem payments. Some fear that carbon finance could accelerate indigenous dispossession when land rights are unclear. (Asia Times Online)
Brazilian Tax Inspectors' Strike Clogs Ports, Disrupts Manufacturing Apr 10, 2008
Santos and Manaus ports are paralyzed, and Santos may collapse because of a lack of space. . (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
* World News Quick Take Apr 3, 2008
It was found on the premises of four local merchants who operate stores on floating houses typical in the region, some 300km west of the Amazonas state capital, Manaus. UNITED STATES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hundreds Of Alligators Slaughtered In Brazil Apr 2, 2008
It was found on the premises of four local merchants who operate stores on floating houses typical in the region, some 190 miles (300 km) west of the Amazonas state capital, Manaus. "We were surprised and shocked," Aldenira Queiroz, an agency director, told Reuters by telephone from Manaus. (Planet Ark, United States)
The rise of high-end escorted tours Mar 15, 2008
This adventure covers a four-night sailing; one night in the jungle town of Manaus; and two nights in Rio de Janeiro. Highlights include a visit to an Amazon tribe; a tour of the Manaus Opera House; and a cable car ride to famous Sugar Loaf in Rio ... The same applies to the Brazil cruise-tour, which covers the flight from Manaus to Rio and a wealth of other great perks (see details above). (MSNBC -- Travel)
(UPDATE) 11 dead, 7 missing after Brazil ferry sinks Feb 22, 2008
"Everybody started quickly running from one side of the boat to the other and there were even some who threw themselves in the water. I lost everything I had with me," she told a radio station in Manaus, 180 kilometers (110 miles) away. According to Brazilian officials, the Almirante Montero was authorized to carry up to 165 passengers. (Inquirer.net)
Two New Porcupines in the Amazon Feb 21, 2008
One member of this species was kept as a pet by locals, then during several months of captivity in Manaus the porcupine was observed to sleep in a tree cavity and eat seeds and nuts. Although there is some controversy concerning other new species discovered by the van Roosmalens, the possibility exists that in the case of the Van Roosmalen s Dwarf Porcupine , there may be further separation of the species as examples from opposite sides of the Rio Madeira, one of the largest rivers in the world,... (Suite101.com)
* Amazon River still holds the hopes of many Feb 21, 2008
By James Prosek NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, MANAUS, BRAZIL Thursday, Feb 21, 2008, Page 9 ... Decades ago, a doctor from Manaus had negotiated a lease on this entire 257km tributary from headwaters to its confluence with the Branco. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Flake studies climate issues in Brazil Feb 21, 2008
The weeklong trip included stops in the Amazonian city of Manaus and Brasilia, the nation's capital. Flake, accompanied by his wife, Cheryl, was one of six lawmakers who traveled to Brazil to represent the U.S. House of Representatives at a forum by the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment. (AZCentral -- News)
31 c00002220omments Feb 19, 2008
Fruit feeding fish from the Amazon and the Pantanal have been studied since the seventeenth by scientists from the INPA, Manaus and from the Max-Planck Working Group for Tropical Ecology. There are numerous publications on this topic. (Nature News Service)
The Brazil Trip: Total Cost, and a Complete Itinerary Feb 8, 2008
You can view the full itinerary, which included the Tropical Manaus Business Hotel. For my part, I hope this will be the last report on Congressman Kuhl's bipartisan trip to Brazil. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Forests in question: As world warms, scientists urgently seek answers to Amazon puzzle Feb 4, 2008
MANAUS, Brazil -- Julio Tota stood atop a 195-foot steel tower in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, watching "rivers of air" flowing over an unbroken green canopy that stretched as far as the eye could see. These billows of fog showed researcher Tota how greenhouse gases emitted by decaying organic material on the forest floor don't rise straight into the atmosphere, as scientists had supposed. (North County Times)
Scientists puzzle over Amazon's role in warming world Feb 4, 2008
By Michael Astor, Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil Julio Tota stood atop a 195-foot steel tower in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, watching "rivers of air" flowing over an unbroken green canopy that stretched as far as the eye could see ... Researcher Julio Tota climbs a steel tower used to monitor weather in the dense Amazon rainforest near Manaus, northern Brazil. (USA Today -- Tech)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Peacock bass star in Amazon region Dec 27, 2007
As many as 20 outfitting companies regularly ply the river that flows from Venezuela south and east across Brazil to join the Amazon and the Solimoes at Manaus. Rain-forest fishingAt the start of our weeklong expedition last month aboard the Amazon Nemo, water levels had begun to drop in the Rio Negro. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Brazil's flying medics Dec 21, 2007
Using 10-seater Cessna Caravans, Black Hawk helicopters and a Canadian Buffalo cargo plane built in 1968, CAN doctors and nurses from the air force hospital in Manaus are shuttled between terrifyingly short runways - often mud strips first carved into the dense jungle by illegal gold miners. During a recent visit to Xitei, a Yanomami Indian community in Roraima state, the Caravan plane in which the Guardian was traveling with the airmail team spun off the narrow, waterlogged airstrip and into... (Guardian Unlimited)
The Secret Life of Trees Dec 15, 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon forest next to Manaus, Brazil. Evaristo Sa / AFP / Getty Article Tools. (Time.com)
Howard: Ecuador to Evict U.S. Dec 14, 2007
The agreement will create profits for Brazil as well as Ecuador, as the two countries recently signed an agreement to link Manta to the city of Manaus by railway or ... The next steps would involve HPH accepting the post-2009 concession for Manta's air base (it already controls the sea port), and another Chinese investment firm's participation in financing the road-rail network between Manta and Manaus, Brazil. (Zmag.org)
Amazon rainforest still faces threats from farming, logging Dec 9, 2007
MANAUS, Brazil - In the 1980s, scientists sounded the alarm: The Amazon was burning and would be gone by the end of the century. Two decades later, the dire predictions have not come to pass. (Boston Globe)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
More of this story Dec 4, 2007
Go far, far inland n the northern part of Brazil and find the city of Manaus. Never heard of it. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Intel to produce motherboards in Brazil Nov 10, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Computer devices manufacturer Intel is to produce motherboards in Manaus, capital city of the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, the company announced in a statement on Friday. The U.S.-headquartered company will establish a partnership with local manufacturer Digitron, which runs a plant in Zona Franca de Manaus, an area that relies on government incentives and lower taxes. (Xinhuanet, China)
Salcomp: All Charged Up Nov 10, 2007
Its Manaus factory has grown to more than 1,000 employees since the company took over the plant in 2005. "Repositioning itself in emerging markets has been very important for Salcomp," says Teemu Saari, equity analyst at in Helsinki. (BusinessWeek)
GOL Reaches Milestone: 70 Million Transported Passengers Nov 7, 2007
VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. offers over 120 daily flights to 14 destinations in Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fernando de Noronha, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont and Tom Jobim), Salvador and Sao Paulo (Congonhas and Guarulhos). VRG also offers 22 daily flights to seven international destinations in South America and Europe: Buenos Aires, Bogota and Caracas, in South America and Frankfurt, London, Paris and Rome, in Europe. (PR Newswire)
Scientist Claims Discovery of New Giant Wild Pig... Nov 7, 2007
"I sensed there was something behind me and looked over my should and saw three huge peccaries walking in a row," Roosmalen said in telephone interview from his home in the jungle city of Manaus. "They came and disappeared like ghosts without making any sounds, that was atypical of peccaries who always go around making lots of noise.". (Fox News)
* Brazilians celebrate hosting rights Nov 1, 2007
In the Amazon capital of Manaus, where officials hope to attract some of the early round games to the jungle city, dozens of revelers waved state flags outside the colonial-era opera house and danced to the locally popular Boi Bumba rhythm. But aside from the official commemorations, celebrations were surprisingly muted with no dancing in the streets and none of the fireworks that are common during most of the important matches. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gafisa Acquires 70% of Cipesa Oct 27, 2007
"With our broad scope and scale, we are confident that this new venture will further create synergies that will allow us to expand our national footprint and sustain our growth." "Gafisa started its geographic diversification several years ago, and is now in the second cycle of launches. We are already at the forefront of delivering completed developments in many new locations, such as Manaus, Belem, and Salvador among other places. This acquisition will add significant value to Gafisa as we... (PR Newswire)
Monster junket shocked even jaded D.C. staffers Oct 27, 2007
In remote Manaus, in the Amazon jungle of Brazil, the prescribed motorcade included two vans for lawmakers and their spouses, one van for staff members and one for the military escort, plus a "principal" sedan for Pombo and his wife, Annette, and a luggage truck and chase car. Lawmakers who went are mum. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Brazil to expand Amazon search for oil Oct 23, 2007
The federal government is also building a pipeline through the rainforest to carry the gas to the Amazonas state capital of Manaus, a city of 1. 5 million. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Amazon Loggers Hold Greenpeace Activists Captive Oct 18, 2007
"The situation is very tense," Andre Muggiati, one of the group's Amazon campaigners, said by telephone from Manaus. "Our staff can't leave because there's no security.". (Planet Ark, United States)
Ten ultimate rainforest adventures Oct 13, 2007
For example, the Acajatuba Jungle Lodge, which is a three-hour boat trip from Manaus, the main city in the Amazon, has 40 rustic rooms without air conditioning and has electricity only for a few hours in the evening. Deal of the Day. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Golinger Interviews Chomsky Oct 4, 2007
EVA: Right now Chvez is in Manaus, just yesterday and today. CHOMSKY: Right. (Zmag.org)
Scientists are making Brazil's savannah bloom Oct 2, 2007
Embrapa's laboratory in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon, has also been studying ways to make carbon sequestration more efficient ... "Palm oil's composition is one of the best for production of biofuels," said Maria do Rosrio Lobato Rodrigues, the director of the Manaus laboratory, where the research is based. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Amazon books, but not the ones you might think Sep 29, 2007
By Larry Rohter NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, MANAUS, BRAZIL Saturday, Sep 29, 2007, Page 9 ... Both were born and grew up in Manaus -- a bustling, ethnically diverse port city in the heart of the planet's largest rain forest -- but both had to leave and struggle to get recognition ... "Manaus was a very enclosed society in those days, and Marcio's theater work has always been very critical of that society," Sa said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Amazon's writers: Breadth and depth, but little recognition Sep 26, 2007
Mrcio Souza in the Brazilian port of Manaus. (Lalo de Almeida for The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune)
Photo shows heavier-looking Fidel Castro standing, meeting with Angolan president Sep 24, 2007
"The last time I talked with him personally, we talked six hours," Chavez said in the taped interview, which was conducted last week in Manaus, Brazil. Fidel's condition and exact illness are state secrets, and before Friday it had been more than three months since Cuba's government released images showing his recovery prompting rumors in Miami and elsewhere that he had died. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Chavez: Castro could live 'another 100 years' Sep 22, 2007
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has a "little problem" with his health but could live for another century, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday during a trip to Brazil's Amazon. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks this week in Manaus, Brazil, while on a trip to the Amazon ... Chavez made the comments early Friday after meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa in the jungle city of Manaus. (CNN -- World)
Venezuela's Chavez says US opposes Latin American integration Sep 21, 2007
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) -- Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused the United States of standing in the way of closer ties between Latin American nations. Chavez, a staunch critic of Washington, said that if Venezuela is denied entry to South America's Mercosur trade bloc it would be "a victory for the empire," in allusion to the United States. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Reporters on the Job Sep 17, 2007
Thursday, Sept. 20: Manaus, Brazil President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chvez to meet to discuss energy and trade ties. Friday, Sept. 21: Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
In Brazil, a conviction on biopiracy charges angers scientists Aug 30, 2007
But precisely because of that work, van Roosmalen was recently sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison and jailed in Manaus, Brazil. Earlier in August, his lawyers managed to get him freed while they appeal his conviction on charges stemming from an investigation into alleged biopiracy. (International Herald Tribune)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Brazil Rejects Reports of Amazon Logging in Camps Aug 22, 2007
"The government has yet to give a satisfactory explanation," Andre Muggiati, a Greenpeace campaigner in Manaus, told Reuters. Since 2003 police have arrested more than 120 civil servants on accusations of illegal logging. (Planet Ark, United States)
AGU Journal Highlights -- Aug. 14, 2007 Aug 15, 2007
Bruce Fosberg: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. Matthew Horritt: Halcrow Group Ltd., Wiltshire, U.K.. (EurekAlert!)
Scientist Arrested in Brazil Over Monkey Names Aug 12, 2007
"They are criminalizing science," van Roosmalen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview this week from the Amazon city of Manaus. Scientists have rallied around van Roosmalen, saying the case highlights a growing conflict between scientific research and Brazil's efforts to protect the Amazon with some of the world's toughest environmental laws. (Fox News)
Scientist Fights Sentence In Brazil Aug 11, 2007
" Now his work has earned him a more troubling distinction: a nearly 16-year prison sentence. He was jailed in June for nearly two months before a panel of judges freed him on bail Tuesday while he appeals. Van Roosmalen was convicted of holding an Internet auction for the naming rights of two monkey species he discovered. He planned to use the proceeds to help preserve their habitats. The court ruled the auction was illegal because van Roosmalen was working at Brazil's National Institute for... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Brazilian Judge Releases Dutch Scientist Aug 8, 2007
He was sentenced to 15 years and nine months in a prison in the Amazon city of Manaus, where he lives. Roosmalen has claimed in media reports that he was framed by powerful logging and ranching interests that operate in the Amazon. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
ILLINOIS STYLE: Illinois missionaries seek to bring clean water to Amazon basin Aug 3, 2007
They base their work in the northern area in two spots: Manaus, an inland port city of about 1 ... November 2005 marked the purchase of the first Operation Amazon water filter, from a factory making them in Manaus. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Vital rainforest experiment under threat Jul 28, 2007
The nearby town of Manaus has grown rapidly since being declared a free-trade zone in the 1970s, with a population of 1. 7 million people. (New Scientist (subscription))
In the Amazon: conservation or colonialism? Jul 27, 2007
The program's objective is to set up "a core system to anchor bio-diversity protection for the Amazon," Matthew Perl, the WWF's Amazon coordinator, said during a June visit to the area, a sparsely populated archipelago of 400 islands northwest of Manaus. "It's part of a strategy to buy time, bring each protected area up to certain standards of management and pool resources for monitoring and enforcement.". (International Herald Tribune)
* Brazilian radar system outage disrupts flights Jul 23, 2007
The flights had to return to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport while the northern Amazon region's Manaus center went down for several hours, aviation officials said. Flights from Venezuela, Panama and Colombia could not enter Brazil, reports said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Brazil's Air Woes Turn International Jul 23, 2007
Two American Airlines (nyse: - - ) planes traveling from Sao Paulo were forced to make unscheduled landings in the jungle city of Manaus and at least four planes were forced to return to Miami. A United Airlines flight from Washington carrying 73 athletes to Rio de Janeiro for the Pan American Games was canceled, forcing the athletes to arrive a day late. (Forbes)
Pipeline in Brazil seen as a model Jul 23, 2007
But after years of opposition, a plan to transport gas 400 miles from its source at a clearing called Urucu, passing 80 species of rare orchids on its way to the Amazonas state capital of Manaus, has been met with reserved praise, even from hard-core activists ... Here in Manacapuru, 50 miles west of Manaus, small fishing boats ply the Solimoes River ... 5 million residents of Manaus, represents a balance between preserving the forest and providing for the basic needs of their population. (Christian Science Monitor)
Brazil's aviation crisis deepens Jul 22, 2007
The failure was caused when a short circuit turned off electricity during routine maintenance Friday night in the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil's Air Force said ... Two American Airlines flights from Sao Paulo to Miami made unscheduled landings in the jungle city of Manaus, said Celso Gick, a spokesman for Brazilian airport authority Infraero. (Boston Globe)
Brazil radar fault stops flights Jul 22, 2007
The radar, at Manaus in Amazon state, covers a major point of entry into the country, including many routes between Brazil, the US and Central America ... According to Infraero, the company which runs Brazil's airports, the radar at Manaus shut down for just over two hours ... Two American Airlines planes reportedly had to make unscheduled stops in Manaus. (BBC News -- Americas)
Brazil suffers radar outage amid national aviation crisis Jul 22, 2007
Brazil's air force said a short circuit during routine maintenance knocked out radar in the jungle city of Manaus from 11:15 p.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Saturday, prompting planes to turn back, set down or hold back from takeoffs. Seventeen flights were covered by the radar when it went down, the air force said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
More aviation trouble in Brazil Jul 22, 2007
Brazil's air force said a short circuit during routine maintenance cut power to radar in the jungle city of Manaus ... But the radar failure in Manaus prompted planes to turn back, set down or hold back from takeoffs. (Aljazeera.Net)
