Read more rain forest stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17201/rain-forest.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:24:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61927/ecobarriers-wall-in-rios-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey’re called “ecobarriers,” but critics say the walls being erected in Rio de Janeiro aren’t there to protect trees. The 10-foot cinderblock walls are supposed to prevent Rio’s favelas, or shantytowns, from expanding into the rainforest, but critics say they’re really a means of segregating the poor people who live...http://www.newser.com/story/61927/ecobarriers-wall-in-rios-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 12:15:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17439/despite-laws-amazon-jungle-disappearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe deforestation of the Amazon jungle is speeding up, and Brazil may be unable to stop it, Time magazine reports. Over the last five months an estimated 2,700 square miles of forest have been cleared—more than twice the size of Rhode Island. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...http://www.newser.com/story/17439/despite-laws-amazon-jungle-disappearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Jan 2008 6:29:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11986/whale-beached-in-amazon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrantic villagers yesterday splashed water to try to save the life of a whale beached in a river in the Amazon rain forest 1,000 miles from the ocean. The 18-foot minke whale was stuck on a sandbar in the Tapajos River in Brazil. "It apparently got separated from its...http://www.newser.com/story/11986/whale-beached-in-amazon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Nov 2007 7:50:54 CST