1. LAUREA KERAVA TOURISM STUDENTS PRESENT: “BRAZILIAN ACTION” AUTHORS: LINDA RUUTIKAINEN, VIORICA BUCUR, WEN DI, MARI HEIKKALA DEGREE PROGRAMME IN TOURISM, LAUREA KERAVA

2. BRAZIL & AMAZON – THE LUNGS OF THE EARTH

5. THE RAINFORESTS OF BRAZIL MAGICAL AMAZON

6. FLORA & FAUNA OF AMAZON

9. BUT WE HUMANS ARE RUINING IT….

10. BURNING THE FORESTS….

11. DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BLAMED FOR THE CRIPPLING OF THE AMAZON AREA

13. OVERCUTTING AND DEFORESTATION HAVE AN IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE: FLOODING

14. BRAZIL HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM THE WORST FLOODINGS OF THE CENTURY, CRIPPLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND LEAVING THEM HOMELESS.

15. MUDFLOODS HAVE BEEN BURYING VAST AREAS NEAR RIO DE JANEIRO

16. RESCUE WORKERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME…

17. …BUT THE NATURE IS SHOWING ITS POWER…

18. 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

19. SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE EFFECTS – PROTECTED AREAS

20. THE GOVERNMENTAL CONCERN AND ACTIONS

21. THE BRAZILIAN ETHANOL PROGRAMME Finding alternative choices for traditional gasoline= Bio-fuel made from sugarcanes

22. The PROCEL ( electrical energy conservation program) ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SAVE ENERGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

23. PROINFA – INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO FIND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS

24. GARBAGE HANDLING AND RECYCLING FAVELAS – THE DISTRICTS FOR POOR PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE MOST OF THE GARBAGE

25. COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT

26. Individual involvement

27. DIFFERENT MEANS OF RECYCLING

28. ORGANIZATORIAL & COMMUNAL LEVEL ACTIONS RECYCLING GARBAGE IN RIO DE JANEIRO

29. AS A RESULT OF A NEW RECYCLING POLICY, BRAZIL IS NOWADAYS THE BIGGEST ALUMINIUM RECYCLER.

30. THE NEW GARBAGE COLLECTION PROGRAM LEAVES THE SEPARATION OF GARBAGES TO SUB-CONTRACTORS, CREATING MUCH NEEDED WORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR

31. 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.

32. BRAZIL IS TAKING ACTION- ARE YOU ???