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The Manaus Industrial Pole is home to around 600 industries, is responsible for 108,373 workers employed and for a turnover of R$174.1 billion by companies that are part of the financial and tax incentive program, according to data consolidated in 2022 by the Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone.This is an increase of 6.84% over the previous year's turnover. The number of jobs increased by 3.67% in the same period. The volume of exports was US$ 583.63 million, 29.08% higher than in 2021.

The pests and diseases that affect plantations in the Amazon should not be underestimated. Losses of 70% of açaí seedlings cultivated in nurseries due to anthracnose have already been identified. In the municipality of Tomé-Açu, in the northeast of the State of Pará, there is an example of the so-called “progressive death”, which affected 50% of the cupuaçu clones in the field. These numbers are closely observed by researchers who study the subject and produce a warning signal for more investments in research that promote solutions to combat pests and diseases in the Amazon rainforest.

The fact that it is a diverse biome makes the Amazon region home to many "Amazons," with portions that differ from one another due to their own characteristics. The trees in the southern belt of the Amazon ecosystem, for example, are more vulnerable to drought and therefore more likely to die. The conclusion is from a study signed by 80 researchers from Brazilian and foreign scientific institutions. The advance of drought possibilities in the Amazon, a region with an equatorial climate and plenty of rainfall, has its origin in human interference in the environment, especially because of fires and deforestation, which change the configuration of the soil

A matéria-prima símbolo da economia da região na virada do século XIX para o século XX ergueu palácios e teatros no Norte do Brasil, com a riqueza concentrada nas mãos de uma elite que explorava seringueiros por meio da escravidão por dívidas, conhecida como “sistema de aviamento”. Hoje, o cenário é outro: os seringueiros extraem látex com o conhecimento adquirido de pais e avós e são remunerados, transformando o produto em calçados, artigos de decoração e biojoias.

New rubber cycle generates employment and income in the Amazon

The raw material that was the symbol of the region's economy at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century built palaces and theaters in Northern Brazil, with wealth concentrated in the hands of an elite that exploited rubber tappers through debt slavery, known as the "indentured servitude system". Today, the scenario is different: the rubber tappers extract latex with the knowledge acquired from their parents and grandparents and are paid, transforming the product into footwear, decorative items, and bio-jewelry.

In the first quarter of the year, more than 103million tons of cargo went through the 83 ports in operation in the Amazon. Ofthis total, 78.5% refers to regional shipped products. The commodity dominatingthe statistics is iron ore, which accounts for 41% of everything that goes intothe ships and sail from the Amazon towards different parts of the world. Stillon the list, are soy (24.9%), bauxite (9.3%), oil and derivatives (6%) and corn(4%), according to data from the National Waterway Transport Agency. The region has a central role in the transport of goods, but new port complexes can generate negative social and environmental impacts

Today's subject is the Paru Forest and it’s giant trees located between the states of Pará ANS Amapá, In Brazil. We also discuss the role the Sahara desert plays In the Amazon region and the wood wide web.

Today's subject is Amazonian literature, rich in diversity and great authors. In the complete article, at liberalamazon.com, you can check out a timeline of the region's literary creation, with great authors and works.

The fifth generation of mobile connection, 5G, promises to be the next big step in technology based on the flow of information, with faster speed and reduced signal fluctuations for internet access.

If, on the one hand, it is unquestionable that the speed can be 100 times greater than the current 4G internet connection, the uncertainty that still looms concerns the extent to which this technology will be available on a large scale in locations of low interest to telephone operators and with fragile infrastructure. This is the case for most of the Legal Amazon.

Despite its prohibition in Brazil, the illegal commercialization of mercury continues to pose  risks to human health throughout the national territory.

In the Amazon, however, this problem is aggravated by the expansion of predatory mining activities in recent years.

Indigenous people suffer from lack of food and water in the Amazon, one of the two richest world biomes in biodiversity. What seems contradictory is, in fact, the result of the rampant progress of criminal organizations and the absence of public policies for these populations.

In this week's Liberal Amazon, you will learn more about the humanitarian crisis in Roraima and the hunger that also affects other indigenous peoples in the Amazon. You will also get a better understanding of how all this is related to the spread of illegal mining and other criminal networks in the region.

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