by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 11, 2016 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Brazilian environmental agency rejects Tapajós River mega-dam, citing likely major impacts on Amazon’s indigenous people and the environment by Sue Branford, originally published August 4th, 2016 at MongaBay Ibama, Brazil’s environmental agency has denied an...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 22, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, News & Notes
With all the doom and gloom out there lately, I admit, it’s tough to keep up. For aquarists interested in rare and exciting Loricarids, Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam captured our attention, the forecasted extinctions a huge hydroelectric project would cause are...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The May/June 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale date: April 5, 2016 Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid subscribers...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 13, 2014 | Freshwater
via Fluval press release, updated 5/15/2014 FLUVAL SPONSORS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION TO DOCUMENT RENOWNED XINGU RIVER Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam to Have Profound Effect on the Amazon’s People, Wildlife and Aquatic Ecosystem MONTREAL, CANADA (May 15, 2014) – Fluval...
by James Lawrence | Apr 5, 2014 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
by Haakon Haagensen Excerpt from AMAZONAS Magazine, May/June 2014 There is no armored catfish more popular among aquarists than the black and white Hypancistrus from the Rio Xingu in Brazil known as the Zebra Pleco. Many pleco forms are near extinction in their...
