People are not giving the importance it deserves to deforestation in the brazilian rain forest.We're seeing a judicial battle between IBAMA (who can give the licenses to the project of Belo Monte hydro-electric power station to be done) versus Brazilian government, who pressures IBAMA to give the licenses to install this project. Foreign ONG's and governments environmentally concerned should argue IBAMA about this project and those licenses, but nobody does nothing. Could it be that maybe they think there are more important subjects in the world nowadays?

Gal Costa sings Tom Jobim- Wave

Palco

Gilberto Gil - Expresso 2222

Maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim, by Gal Costa:

WHILE THAT, THEY KEEP ON BURNING!BURNING!

http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/afp/101227/saude/peru_ambiente_natureza

1.Garota de Ipanema/The girl from Ipanema: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTV7_2Qndk&feature=related

2.Brigas nunca mais/Never more fights/Discussão/Discussion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkUwWrPpHQ&NR=1

3.Fotografia/Photograph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGj-kAuZGns&NR=1

4.Desafinado/Out of key: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLRKnAIVrg&feature=related

5.Chega de Saudade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcEroiCMJOg&feature=related

6.Corcovado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCl4bDhfwI&NR=1

7.Triste/Sad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUzBXP8YK88&feature=related

8.Samba do Avião: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmw-k-T0zXU&feature=related

9.Derradeira Primavera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1oYIDSPqLA&feature=related

10.Esquecendo você/Forgeting you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3TjbryhEs&feature=fvw

That's what they're doing to Amazonia: geometric lines, (that is the expression of geometric minds and thoughts), monoculture plantations in what once was the richest biodiversity of our planet.

 


A theory: The rythm and the essential beat of rock'n roll really comes from the american indians beats.
Videos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahoo_noticias/5258738579/

http://www.comunidadebancodoplaneta.com.br/video/indios-ikpeng-mantem-as
http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/13122010/48/manchetes-camera-na-mao-cocar-na.html
http://colunistas.yahoo.net/posts/7108.html
Video below, brazilian indians, traditions & the Art: "Just Be":
http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/16122010/48/manchetes-indios-ikpeng-mantem-tradicoes-pe.html

 

http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/17122010/48/manchetes-retratos-da-vida-na-aldeia.html

http://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/povo/ikpeng/print

http://blogs.estadao.com.br/olhar-sobre-o-mundo/ikpeng-os-exilados-do-xingu

Tony Sheridan in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

From left to your right: 1.Drummer Gelson Schneider, 2.late friend & incredible great bass player Mitch Marini, 3.Tony Sheridan (in the middle), 4.Richard Andrade, guitar, and, 5.Breno Outeiral, guitar. The Beatles did their first recording sessions as a backing band for english singer and guitarist Tony Sheridan, playing with him in hits like "My Bonnie", "Let's dance", "Ya Ya", "Ain't she sweet?" and others. This photo was taken in his hotel room, in Buenos Aires, the first time he came to play in South America. There was a Festival in the Cavern Club in Buenos Aires, with the presence of him, Julia Baird, (John Lennon is her brother!), Bill Heckle, (from the original Cavern Club in Liverpool), and a lot of bands playing Beatle's tunes.







Rio Negro: registers the lowest level in 40 years. Rio Negro is a tributary of the Amazonas river, and the second river in the world in water outflow volume, the first in the world in water flowing out is the Amazonas river.

You can also see the amount of garbage that population throw away in the river:
http://especiais.ig.com.br/zoom/estiagem-na-amazonia/
The Lost Brazil:
City of Parintins, Amazonas, november, 11/2010.
In this photo, part of a "Castanheira" tree. At least, 50(fifty) of these "centenary" trees were cutted to construct residential quarters in the district of Parintins. The question is who gave the ambiental licenses to do that. Where is the government that consents and allows that?  
A new and creative architecture is necessary to occupy the spaces inside the rainforest area. A new way of life and mentality, a new approach on urbanization is needed, but people are not evoluted and ready for that, so they are destroying the rainforest. Ignorance is destroiyng the rainforest.
 

http://www.amazonia.org.br/english/

http://www.amazonia.org.br/opiniao/artigo_detail.cfm?id=364194
http://www.amazonia.org.br/noticias/noticia.cfm?id=371025

Paul McCartney in POA/RS/Brasil!

PAUL MCCARTNEY: A BEATLE IN PORTO ALEGRE.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4BErVG79Jo&feature=player_embedded

The way to the show:

Eternal beatle Paul McCartney did a great show here in Porto Alegre on sunday, 7, november, in the stadium of the Sport Club Internacional(Colorado), soccer/foot-ball team. We couldn't ask for more, (we could only imagine the other Beatles playing along with him). Porto Alegre was the first show of the 2010 latin american tour. We had some moment of poetry when he was singing :"Venus and Mars are alright tonight", and watching the sky pointing the stars on a hot stary night. He dedicated 1 song to John Lennon, 1 song to George Harrison and one song to Linda.  He warmed the  crowd saying "Eu sou gaúcho". 
We would like to hear every Beatle songs played by him & his band, cause, if John Lennon were alive, I don't know if he would be with his last wife, but I'm sure he would be singing and playing like he always did,  and in a good mental and physical shape, so we keep on imagining how good it would be this show with John sharing the stage, along with the strong guitar and harmony vocals of George, and the right swing of Ringo Star. From here Paul went to Buenos Aires and did 2 more shows, and then returned to São Paulo, Brazil, on saturday,20/11, to do 2 more shows. We would like to hear more songs from The Beatles in the show. We're already waiting for the next time here in POA.

KOPPENHAGEN/2010: WEAK GESTURES FOR THE PLANET ENVIRONMENT .THERE ARE OTHER PRESIDENTS OF SOME COUNTRIES AND "RELIGIOUS" LEADERS THAT ARE SO DESPICABLE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE MENTIONED OR PRINTED, SO THEY WON'T DIRTY OUR MENTAL IMAGINARY.

EVERYDAY AN AMBIENTAL CRIME IS COMMITED, AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT SAVAGERY IN THESE DAYS IS NOT AMONG THE INDIANS, BUT IT IS IN OUR SOCIETY.
SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT NOW! THE ACTUAL LEADING STATESMEN OF THE WORLD DON'T DO NOTHING, THEY'VE LOST THE FOCUS, THEY'RE TOO BUSY SPENDING MORE MONEY AND ENERGY THAN NEEDED TO COMBAT TERRORISM.
OF COURSE WE MUST ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BE DONE, BUT THEY'RE OVEREVALUATING THE WRONG THINGS, GIVING SOME PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE SO DESPICABLE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE MENTIONED, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO WATCH OVER THEM. 
YOU ARE WINING IF YOU COMBAT THOSE THINGS WITHOUT SPENDING SO MUCH TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY.

IN KOPPENHAGEN/2010, WHILE THE RAINFOREST IS BEING DESTROYED,THEY SPENT TIME GREETING AND PRAISING EACH OTHER, AND THEY DID NOTHING TO STOP THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANET.
"NOBODY SAID A WORD TO LULA ABOUT THE DEFORESTATION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RAINFOREST", AND WE HAD TO STAND IT AND SEE LULA POSING AS THE "GOOD BOY" AND PROTECTOR OF NATURE WHILE HE'S NOT DOING HIS HOMEWORK WELL.

O acidente na Hungria e o risco na Amazônia, Lúcio Flávio Pinto via Yahoo! Colunistas

O acidente na Hungria e o risco na Amazônia, Lúcio Flávio Pinto via Yahoo! Colunistas: "

Desastre na Hungria quase não repercutiu no Brasil, indiferença estranha para o país que é o terceiro maior produtor de alumina do mundo.

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IT WILL BE DONE IN XINGU RIVER, ONE OF THE BIGGEST RIVERS OF AMAZONAS: IMAGINE 2 CITIES WITH THE DISTANCE OF 516KM BETWEEN THEM, AND NOW THINK ABOUT 516 KM2, THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE NOTION OF THE DIMENSION OF THE AREA THAT WILL BE INUNDATED AND TOTALLY SUBMERGED TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY TO OTHER REGIONS FAR AWAY FROM THERE, LIKE SÃO PAULO, (BECAUSE IN THIS REGION THEY DON'T NEED ALL THIS ELECTRICITY) . THIS IS THE PROJECT OF "BELO MONTE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION", PROJECTED TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. MILLIONS OF ANIMALS AND A GREAT VARIATION OF THE RICHEST BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PLANET (MORE THAN 400 SPECIES IN 100 meters2) WILL BE LOST FOREVER AND WILL REST UNDER THE WATER. YOU MAY ASK IF THERE'S ANY VIABLE PLAN TO SAVE THOSE ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND THE ANSWER IS NO, THERE'S NOT ANY VIABLE PLAN TO SAVE THIS TREASURE. SIX INDIAN COMMUNITYS(ARARAS, KAIAPOS, AND OTHERS...) ARE REALLY AFFRAID ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. SOME OF THE ADJACENT RIVERS FROM WHERE THEY GET THEIR SUBSISTENCE WILL GET DRY, OTHER RIVERS WILL OVERFLOW. THE GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT RELOCATING THEM, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE LAND WHERE THEY LIVE SINCE THE PRE-COLOMBIAN YEARS. FEDERAL AMBIENTALIST ORGANIZATIONS WERE NOT APPROVING THAT PROJECT, AND THE GOVERNMENT STARTED MAKING PRESSURE OVER THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CONGRESSMEN TO APPROVE IT, SAYING THAT ENVIROMENTALISTS ARE EXAGERATING AND OVER ESTIMATING THE PROBLEMS. What can we do to stop the destruction and deforestation that is done everyday? An international pressure would be wellcome and it's necessary. Brazilian artists and people on the media, press, politicians, writers, musicians, movie makers, are always trying to promote themselves and their works, they like to talk to the press, but they don't express any clear opinion about those vital problems of the country. They are totally alienated to those important subjects and problems. They like to be on the spot of the camera, but they are fearful to say what they're really thinking about those matters, if ever they think something, or to express their opinions about that, if ever they ever had any opinion. Meanwhile, politicians, the congressmen, illegal lumbers, business men, a great variety of political thiefs in suits doing petty politics and all kind of stupid people are seeking their interests, one of the richest biodiversitys of the world is being destroyed and lost. Some stupid sense of domain and soberany prevails. But this is not a question of "it's my country", it's a matter of extermination of life on Earth, it's terrorism against nature and wildlife.

Brazilian indians are more modern and interesting than the actual rock stars and pop stars, and less stupid than people who think their religion is more important than the others, and are fighting against each other, for a little piece of land, and we should try to learn with them instead of exterminate them. Brazilian indians know to cohabit with the jungle without destroying it, so if our society wants to evolute, we should start to study them from the distance, then maybe someday we would be prepared to contact them whitout doing any harm.
In Brasil, politicians transfered the capital from Rio de Janeiro, creating and building Brasilia in the middle west. And we should ask, Why? They brought a lot of destruction. They should leave the center of Brazil to wildlife and the indian nations. There's a lot of fine territory in the rest of Brasil, in direction to the Atlantic coast. Before the sixties, when the capital was in Rio, Rio was a pretty city, and the politicians were working close to the population and they had to behave well. They must had fear to  take tomatoes and eggs on their face each time they leave Congress if they did wrong things. Now it seems like they're hiding from the population, stuck in Brasilia (too far away), they brought a decadent society with marginality to Brasilia, and Rio is also abandoned to marginality. Rio and Brasilia are now two focus of decadence, apart all the other big cities .  And we still have to pay those politicians semanal airplane tickets every week, so they can go  to their hometown cities on weekends, and get back to work in Brasilia during the week, to do petty politics and dirty business, cause that's what they do in the Congress.
The amount of duties and taxes the government collects from the population is incredible, and it's not restored in services. So it's understandable the government has no crisis, the crisis is left with the population that work hard, produce, make the country grow, have a hard struggle for life and receive so little. 


Medidas a serem tomadas para evitar ou pelo menos diminuir a destruição das florestas:
1-Educação principalmente para as pessoas que vivem em cidades com áreas limítrofes= Education to urban populations from citys bordering and inside the rainforest, like Manaus, capital  of the State of Amazonas, and Belém, capital of the State of Pará.
2-Pressão política sobre os governantes: (politic pressure, economic bargain, and cultural activities ).

                                                    

Suggestions of sites with information about some Amazonian problems:
Illegal exploitation of trees from indian reservations in Amazonia:
http://brasilnewsbrasil.blogspot.com/2009/04/fotos-aereas-flagram-exploracao.html
WATCH VIDEO= INDIAN MANIFESTATION AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF BELO MONTE AND MPF (MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO FEDERAL: FEDERAL PUBLIC MINISTRY) DEFFENDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT MEGA HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION:
http://noticias.r7.com/economia/noticias/xingus-lutam-contra-belo-monte-no-dia-do-indio-20100419.html
http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=202334
PHOTOS OF UNTOUCHED/ISOLATED NON-CONTACTED INDIANS WATCHING SUSPICIOUS PLANE:
http://blogdaamazonia.blog.terra.com.br/2008/09/24/survival-international-arrecada-euros-em-nome-de-indios-isolados/
http://blogdaamazonia.blog.terra.com.br/2009/12/02/encontro-brasil-peru-busca-reconhecimento-e-protecao-de-territorios-de-indios-isolados/
"S.O.S. AMAZONIA"=
 http://www.tvbrasil.org.br/saladeimprensa/release_198.asp
http://www.globoamazonia.com/Amazonia/0,,MUL934605-16052,00-DESMATAMENTO+OBRAS+E+DOENCAS+AMEACAM+INDIOS+ISOLADOS+BRASILEIROS.html
GOVERNORS REDUCE AREAS AND EXTINGUISH PROTECTED RAIN FOREST AREAS=
http://eptv.globo.com/emissoras/NOT,0,0,312498,Floresta+reduzida.aspx
 THE SCORCHED EARTH- Illegal extraction of wood:
http://lobonoticias.blogspot.com/2010/01/mst-predadores-da-floresta-invadem.html
The original american lineage descendents are losing space:
WHO WILL PROTECT THEM? CAN YOU READ IT IN THEIR EYES?
http://cipbrasil.blogspot.com/2009/09/indios-brasileiros.html

Hi friend! Those are the original first brazilians:
http://herisalves.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-04-12_2009-04-18.html
Study about Paracanã and Xikrin:
www.unicamp.br/unicamp/unicamp_hoje/ju/outubro2002/unihoje_ju193pag12.html
What nation is this?
http://www.fase.org.br/v2/pagina.php?id=1976
State of ACRE:
http://www.altiplano.com.br/Kampa.html
Indians lose patience with engineer that was trying to justify the construction of Belo Monte:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEPnRE74g8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvsU3kCyaBU&feature=related
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SOCIAL, AMBIENTAL AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF BELO MONTE:
http://www.investidura.com.br/ultimas-noticias/228-mpf/157366-subprocuradora-discute-impacto-das-usinas-de-belo-monte-e-de-estreito.htm

BRAZIL 2010/ ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: NOTHING WILL CHANGE, DEFORESTATION IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS WILL CONTINUE, IT'S THE SAME SICK OLD SPEECH.

http://blog.nanwebware.com/2010/04/avatar-and-marina-silva.html

3º. Marina Silva, ecological candidate, was very influential in 2010 brazilian elections, ex-environment minister of President Lula, she resigned. One of the reasons is that she is against the construction of the mega hydro-electric power station on Xingu river, and she was suffering a lot of pressure to change her points of view. 

                                    

1º. Dilma Rousseff & Lula: Dilma was the principal minister of president Lula, she's more prepared than him. Lula is an unlearned man, and Dilma is an economist, but that's not enough.  The world's today problems require an environmental aproach, another philosophy than just the yearning for economical growth.

2º.José Serra: ex-governor of the state of São Paulo. São Paulo has a lot of problems, so, if he couldn't resolve São Paulo's problems, how could he resolve Brazilian problems?

 One of those above had chances to be the President of Brazil. Dilma won the elections, so there won't be substantially changes. People will continue to live like poors, being in a super rich country, and still having to thank that they are less miserable than in the past!
We've seen elections for president here in Brazil. We've seen three principal candidates with chances to be the next President of Brazil: 1º.Dilma Roussef (ex-minister of the actual government, who quit her cargo as Minister to do her campaign for president), 2º.José Serra, an old politician, and 3º.Marina Silva (ex-minister of environment of Lula's government, who resigned and left the PT:Partido dos Trabalhadores, the political faction of president Lula). Dilma Roussef and José Serra are favorable to the construction of mega hydro-electric power station Belo Monte, and if they  can they will do that, and that will cause an ecological disaster and social harm to native communitys. Marina Silva is against that construction, and she was the only hope for those who are ecologically concerned and are against that project, once that we haven't seen any effective international pressure. This government is receptive to persuasion only when it comes from goverments that apart from being fair, are politically influential and have economic power to bargain, but unfortunately, this international pressure by other  governments over the environment topics in Brazil are not being done. Dilma Roussef, is an economist. I studied in the same classroom with her when I was studing economy, in U.F.R.G.S. Economics University, (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul= Economics Public Federal University of the state of Rio Grande do Sul). Althought Dilma was my schoolmate, I didn't get to know her well. A friend of mine knew her better, but I can't say a lot more because he is married now, and he was married at that time. Luckilly I quit in the second year to study architecture, and after 1,5 year I quit again to play music and learn about real life. I have no regrets, I'm proud of that! I would be ashamed to have a label as an economist or an architect because that's not my nature. It was in the UFRGS university that Dilma Roussef got her degree and diploma as an economist. She had a good training as an economist being a minister of state on Lula's administration , and also learned a lot working previously for other local governments here from Rio Grande do Sul. She is affiliated to PT( Partido dos Trabalhadores), the same politic faction of president Lula. Lula is an unlearned man who knows to talk to unlettered classes. He is Dilma's protector and supportted her campaign for presidency. Dilma will try to lead this country to be an economical potence, but the problem is that nowadays, to take economical steps, you have to take into account the environment factors. John M. Keynes economical  theories and  other macroeconomical currents were written when our planet wasn't in such environmental vulnerability as it is today. You can't grow infinitely, you better transform yourself, preferentially for better, but if you keep growing infinitely in the same restricted space, instead of changing your ways and evoluting, there's theorically the possibility that someday you might explode. China is not a good example to copy.
What's the advantage of being economically developed if you have to live in cities where you can't breathe. 
When economical growth comes with ecologycal harm that's no good. There's much more than the economical riches to enrich our lives. You can't underestimate the strenght of "SOFT POWER" and cultural power, that opens new doors to create new economical partners, and even change their ways for better.
Actually, the problems with the preservation of the amazonian rainforest in Brazil are very complex. It's a big problem and difficult to resolve. But not impossible. This problem also has the time factor, we're running against time, and time is running out!

 richardroberto@yahoo.com.br
 ricberand@gmail.com
richardbertolucci@hotmail.com

In this exact minute, they are burning parts of the rainforest in Brazil! We need help! 15% it's been devastated to a point of no return.

Government in Brazil turn a blind eye to corruption and deforestation by lumbers. They're too much busy making petty politics trying too keep in control. Let's face the truth. There's an old said that this country grows at night, while the politicians and governors are sleeping, so they don't get in the way. It's so big and rich but in spite of all the potential we have, we see corruption in all levels, corrupted jurisdictions, polices and city halls, social unequality that leads to criminality, and a population that works hard to pay some of the world's highest amount of duties and taxes that this government collects, a big part of it it's dilute in self promotion campaigns. People really work hard and make the country grows, but they are not well payed.

In "one" month, deforestation have increased 775%. (By INPE: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais):
http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://ecourbana.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/queimada_amazonia2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ecourbana.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/desmatamento-na-amazonia-cresce-775-em-um-mes/&usg=__G2g-ZT5X3vfAGkUHWoyfedIER14=&h=390&w=590&sz=25&hl=pt-BR&start=20&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=f5mDFH-cslYwRM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damazonia%2Bfotos%26start%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dpt-BR%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1
Neste exato momento a floresta amazônica está sendo destruída no Brasil. Pressão internacional se faz necessária sobre o governo brasileiro! A conservação e preservação das matas restantes na floresta amazônicas está em jogo! É necessário agir agora e prevenir o desmatamento desenfreado que está sendo cometido dia a dia contra um dos maiores patrimônios da humanidade: A Floresta Amazônica.

Brazilian indians are "against" the construction of BELO MONTE hydro-electric power station.

Brazil has the largest part of the amazonian rainforest,and everyday a part of it is destroyed. After the original vegetation is burned, or the trees extracted by lumbers, farmers start to do monoculture plantations or raising cattle(80% of deforestation is for cattle) in the rain forest territory. Apart of that, the urban people of those cities don't have enviromental education, and the local governments don't do educational campaigns, or architectural and urbanistic studies. There is a lot of corruption inside those administrations. They're only trying to keep in control of city halls and governments, doing politic alliances with the intention to earn votes for the next elections, so the less education people have, the easier it will be to convince them or to buy their votes. As a result of  that we see an increasing criminality. Apart of politicians, policemen also are not well payed and great part of them are corrupted, a lot of lawyers, governors and district judges too, so you don't know exactly in who will you trust.

IN THE YEAR OF 2010, MORE THAN 5.000 KM2(3 times the city of São Paulo), were burned. The brazilian government says "deforestation:desmatamento" has been reduced this year. It's the same as somebody saying he killed 10 people last year, but this year he killed 5 people. Can you call this an improvement? TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. Click on the following pictures and when the larger image appears click again on the larger image, and it will appear more information that's behind those photos: