A good week for Geographers!

On Monday new images of a remote Brazil tribe were released.

On Tuesday the Police launched their Crime Maps - they enable you to see the crime that takes place on your street.

On Wednesday Cyclone Yasi hit Queensland, Australia

On Thursday the British topped the anxiety about immigration pole

On Friday the Independent reported about drought in the Amazon.

But other than those it was all quiet!

Rainforest Clearance Accelerates

The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials say.
Satellite images show 11,968 sq km of land was cleared in the year to July, nearly 4% higher than the year before.

For more information click the following link: BBC News

International fund for the Amazon

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change.
The fund will promote alternatives to forest-clearing for people living in the Amazon, and support conservation and sustainable development
Officials will seek donations abroad and aim to raise $21bn (£11bn) by 2021.
But a government minister said Brazil would not accept foreign interference in its Amazon policy. The environmental group Greenpeace said it was the first time Brazil had accepted a link between global warming and preserving the rainforest.
To see some statistics relating to clearance of the Amazon Rainforest click this link.

I told you Year 11.

It is estimated that there are approximately 100 uncontacted tribes living on the planet and over half of them are in the Amazon Rainforest.

Recent photographs taken by Brazilian Government officials show one such tribe. Located on the boarder between Brazil and Peru these photographs show the homes of the tribe and shows what effect an aeroplane has on the tribes-men; two try to shoot it down with bow and arrow.

An organisaiton that aims to help and protect such tribes is Survival International. Its website has excellent case study material on the effects that modern society has on such tribes. So why not have a look at their website and build up your examples?