Instituto Floresta, from Mato Grosso, should develop a project among the population living near the Amazon region of the highway to prevent forest fires. Works on the road are in progress.
Author: Alexandre Rocha
The BR-163 in southern Pará and northern Mato Grosso is even worse than the Trans-Amazonian. Scenes from the past reach the present, with cattle driven by cowboys over hundreds of kilometres.
While parties in favour of and against construction of Belo Monte dam discuss its social impacts, one thing is for sure: the beautiful landscape of Volta Grande on Xingu will never be the same again.
Named after former president Emílio Garrastazu Médici, the establishment is a relic from the days of the Trans-Amazonian’s construction. Though decadent, it is the best in Pará state’s Rurópolis city.
Symbolising a model that failed, the road is a string of holes and dust, among beautiful landscapes, unique characters and endless stories. In the Amazon summer, passenger cars may cross.
Companies such as Vale and Colossus promote environmental and social actions in southeast Pará. The Carajás National Forest, where the former’s mine is, contrasts with surrounding deforested farms.
The mine that attracted crowds in the 1980s is now explored as a modern mine by the Canadian Colossus. The old mining village, however, is still witness to the past.
Carajás should double its production capacity by 2015. The Vale mine in the middle of the Amazon forest is responsible for making Parauapebas, in Pará, the second main exporter in Brazil.
The region is one cattle farm after the other, clumps of woods and small cities. Heading west, however, the scenery changes due to mining, an activity explored by large companies like Vale.
ANBA is among a group of journalists travelling from São Paulo to Pará by car, to visit some of the main areas in the Amazon, like Carajás, Serra Pelada and Belo Monte.
The 99, a group of super heroes developed by the Kuwaiti Naif Al-Mutawa, will have a Brazilian member. He should have his first appearance in the miniseries that will join the team to Justice League.
The Syrian Lebanese Hospital and Arab Brazilian Chamber should promote a program for medical cooperation with the Middle East. Professionals from the hospital should visit the region next week.
The minister of Industry of the African country, Awad Al-Jaz, will be in São Paulo and Brasília next week. The main objective is to discuss partnerships in seven sugar and ethanol industry projects.
During a seminar held this Monday, the state’s Federation of Industries launched a trade mission to the Arab country, due November. The trip will be geared towards construction companies.
