LAUREA KERAVA TOURISM STUDENTS PRESENT:
“BRAZILIAN ACTION”
AUTHORS: LINDA RUUTIKAINEN, VIORICA BUCUR, WEN DI, MARI HEIKKALA DEGREE PROGRAMME IN TOURISM, LAUREA KERAVA
BRAZIL & AMAZON – THE LUNGS OF THE EARTH
THE RAINFORESTS OF BRAZILMAGICAL AMAZON
FLORA & FAUNA OF AMAZON
BUT WE HUMANS ARE RUINING IT….
BURNING THE FORESTS….
DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BLAMEDFOR THE CRIPPLING OF THE AMAZON AREA
OVERCUTTING AND DEFORESTATION HAVE AN IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE:
FLOODING
BRAZIL HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM THE WORST FLOODINGS OF THECENTURY, CRIPPLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND LEAVING THEM HOMELESS.
MUDFLOODS HAVE BEEN BURYING VAST AREAS NEAR RIO DE JANEIRO
RESCUE WORKERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME…
…BUT THE NATURE IS SHOWING ITS POWER…
The mass message reflects "our concern about global warming, whose impact we will be the first to feel, although we, the peoples of the Amazon, have protected and
cared for the forests"
Photos courtesy of AFP/Getty, Reuters, Stephen Ferry / Liaison / Getty Images, and Corbis; Original Source: The Telegraph and IPS
SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE EFFECTS – PROTECTED AREAS
THE GOVERNMENTAL CONCERN AND ACTIONS
THE BRAZILIAN ETHANOL PROGRAMME
Finding alternative choices for traditional gasoline=Bio-fuel made fromsugarcanes
The PROCEL ( electrical energy conservation program)
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SAVE ENERGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
PROINFA – INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO FIND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS
GARBAGE HANDLING AND RECYCLING
FAVELAS – THE DISTRICTS FOR POOR PEOPLE WHO PRODUCEMOST OF THE GARBAGE
COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT
Individual involvement
DIFFERENT MEANS OF RECYCLING
ORGANIZATORIAL & COMMUNAL LEVEL ACTIONS
RECYCLING GARBAGE IN RIO DE JANEIRO
AS A RESULT OF A NEW RECYCLING POLICY, BRAZIL IS NOWADAYS THEBIGGEST ALUMINIUM RECYCLER.
THE NEW GARBAGE COLLECTIONPROGRAM LEAVES THESEPARATION OF GARBAGESTO SUB-CONTRACTORS,CREATING MUCH NEEDEDWORKING OPPORTUNITIESFOR THE POOR
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BRAZIL-NÚCLEO AMIGOS DA TERRA
Núcleo Amigos da Terra - Brasil was founded in 1964 as a women's organization with a strong democratic mission.They campaign over sustainability , concentrating in consumption, garbage and recycling matters.
BRAZIL IS TAKING ACTION-
ARE YOU ???