The Port Authority of Bahia (CODEBA) last Friday (Feb. 14) celebrated an important milestone — the start of maintenance dredging at the Port of Ilhéus. According to CODEBA, this dredging project aims to maintain the port’s full navigability and increase its capacity to handle larger ships from 30 to 45 thousand tons. This will reduce operating costs and ensure the safety of vessels that use the docking infrastructure of the port. With this initiative, CODEBA reaffirms its commitment to the socioeconomic development of the region, boosting the industrial and agricultural sectors, which depend directly on the port’s logistical efficiency. The project also fosters new business opportunities and generates direct and indirect jobs, strengthening the local economy. The dredging work, estimated to be worth around R$ 20 million, underwent rigorous procedures to guarantee navigation safety, operational efficiency and environmental sustainability. Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox 04 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}CS Alagoano won 1–0 over Barcelona de Ilheus on Sat This is 1/2 of the Copa do Nordeste Qualification Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match Who won between CS Alagoano and Barcelona de Ilheus on Sat 04 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?CS Alagoano won 1–0 over Barcelona de Ilheus on Sat 04 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT.InsightsHaven't lost in 5 matches CS Alagoano is playing home against Barcelona de Ilheus on Sat 04 Feb 2025 22:15:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Colo Colo FR vs Barcelona de Ilheus on Tue Have scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches Have kept the most clean sheets in the competition (4) Who won between Colo Colo FR and Barcelona de Ilheus on Tue 04 Feb 2025 22:15:00 GMT?Colo Colo FR vs Barcelona de Ilheus on Tue 04 Feb 2025 22:15:00 GMT ended in a 2–2 tie.InsightsHave scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches Colo Colo FR is playing home against Barcelona de Ilheus on Tue Please read our republishing guidelines to get started The Lagoa Encantada in the Brazilian state of Bahia the site of the multi-million dollar Porto Sul complex (image: Rui Rocha) Mangroves, lagoons, artisanal fishing and organic chocolate farms all contribute to the Atlantic Forest’s rich natural and social ecosystems. Around 80% of the remaining Atlantic Forest is found along a stretch of coast in southern Bahia, a state in the northeast of Brazil At the heart of this region is the city of Ilhéus within the district of Aritaguá and the Lagoa Encantada Environmental Protection Area (APA) the Porto Sul Port and Services Complex is being built this controversial project has embroiled social groups together with a consortium that includes the state-owned China Railway Group Ltd and China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) will construct the port It is expected to be complete in four years at a total cost of 2.5 billion Reais (US$580 million) The justification for Porto Sul lies 450 kilometres inland, in the city of Caetité. It is here in the Upper Sertão region that BAMIN, controlled by the Kazakh Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), which is mired corruption cases plans to mine iron from a deposit discovered in 2006 the government of Bahia has argued that alongside the mine a railway and a port are necessary to ship the ore to the Chinese steel market The idea for the West-East Integration Railway (FIOL) running from Caetité to Ilhéus was born the port will cover 18 million square metres of open water and a logistics centre on the mainland In the 13 years since the plan was presented weak environmental impact assessments published On one side of the debate, the government and BAMIN maintain that the installations will bring jobs and development. Representatives of civic organisations say they will cause irreversible damage to the last remnants of the Atlantic Forest, ruining a system that brings together sustainable cocoa production, family-run agriculture The 18 million square-metre site that will house the Porto Sul complex (image: Rui Rocha) “What is at stake is the type of development desired for the region,” says Rui Rocha professor at Santa Cruz State University (UESC) in Ilhéus “Is our role in the twenty-first century still to generate wealth for other countries or even low impact industries like information technology – which we already have?” Rocha questions the government’s justification for the mega-project as the direct creator of 400 jobs He argues that over 1,000 jobs would be lost on chocolate producing farms that would have to be expropriated for the port and railroad a prominent social activist who has been part of the debate for years agrees with Rocha’s analysis and is critical of the narrow scope of environmental licences which does not show the actual size of the problem,” she says “How can a licence for the port be issued before the railroad is there And how can the mine be approved without knowing how it will ship [the ore] The Bahia state government issued a statement saying that IBAMA the federal environmental protection agency made licence approval conditional upon “carrying out 39 environmental programmes on fauna and terrestrial and aquatic environments.” it is not clear exactly how these programmes will reduce the impacts on the cocoa and fishing economies in the region Socorro Mendonça has identified what she believes to be a fundamental flaw in the plan; working life of the Caetité mine BAMIN itself estimates that the Sertão operation will last around 20 years based on production of 20 million tonnes per year “Cocoa has been cultivated for centuries and artisanal fishing is thousands of years old The region has the potential to develop scientific and community-based tourism But the priority is a project with an end date,” Mendonça says A boy from a traditional cacao farm near Lagoa Encantada (image: Rui Rocha) There are suggestions that use by agribusiness could revive Porto Sul president of the Bahia Association of Soya and Corn Producers (APROSOJA-BA) this will only occur when – and if – the railroad reaches the west of the state “It doesn’t work for us,” Juliani says it’s better for trucks to go to (the port of) Aratu because then they can return with manure and fertiliser.” it could be useful for lowering shipping costs noting the proposed next stretch planned for FIOL The Port of Aratu is near Salvador and handles most of the cargo in Bahia which leaves from Minas Gerais and comes within just over 100 kilometres from Caetité I’m not going to stand in front of the equipment Critics have questioned the need for FIOL to connect to Ilhéus since it could connect to FCA to bring the ore to Aratu and eliminate the need for a new port the government has consistently argued that the FCA is obsolete Aratu cannot accommodate vessels loaded with iron ore a study commissioned by railroad concessionaire VLI estimates that 500 million Reais (US$116million) of investment in the rail network would be sufficient to enable materials to be shipped from Caetité The government has not explained its reasons for investing in the port it issued a note affirming a general interest in developing the south of Bahia state: “The design studies and environmental analyses always demonstrated the need to develop the economy in Bahia and decentralise the greater Salvador metro region.” the plans keep moving forward and despite the conflict between the government and activists There is little chance the government will make concessions on environmental grounds or to traditional communities and the environment the state-owned company responsible for constructing railroads has scheduled bidding to conclude the stretch of FIOL from Caetité to Ilhéus This could bring the total cost of the project to R$3.4 billion (US$790 million) the Bahia state government and BAMIN signed an agreement to jointly operate the terminal once complete The port will be capable of processing 41.5 million tonnes of iron ore per year and the city of Ilhéus signed a ‘Socio-Environmental Agreement’ It states that BAMIN will contribute 45 million Reais (US$10 million) to fund measures to prevent avoidable environmental damage and mitigate unavoidable impacts in the region around Porto Sul Measures will include supporting existing conservation units and improving regional environmental monitoring and control systems through high-tech satellite imagery and real-time alerts when vegetation is cleared Without saying how many farms will be expropriated the Bahia state government only said that the process is underway Nor has there been a precise survey of how many fishers will be impacted by the project “I’m not going to stand in front of the equipment but we will be watching closely,” said Maria do Socorro Mendonça but rather to say yes to a sustainable southern Bahia.” BAMIN did not respond to Diálogo Chino’s requests for comment for this article Victor Uchôa is a freelance journalist based in Salvador Select from our bespoke newsletters for news best suited to you We’ve sent you an email with a confirmation link 我们向您的邮箱发送了一封确认邮件，请点击邮件中的确认链接。如果您未收到该邮件，请查看垃圾邮件。 If you would like more information about the terms of our republication policy or permission to use content, please write to us: [email protected] We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. 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to meet with professors at the State University of Santa Cruz in Ilhéus; to travel inland to Jequié to meet with a collaborator at the State University of Southern Bahia; to visit the Guaribas Biological Reserve in Paraíba; and to organize the newly funded project with my Brazilian collaborators 10 May: We set out in the morning to the Fazenda Catitu we had measured all the trees over 5 cm (2 inches) diameter in an area of 500 meters by 20 meters (540 by 21.7 yards) We found an extremely high level of diversity—over 400 species of trees We also measured the height and diameter of each tree so that we could estimate the volume of wood in the forest Daniel was finding out which trees had died measuring and identifying new ones that had come in and re-measuring the size (height and diameter) of every tree it is clear that there is a turnover in the trees—big opening up large light gaps where seedlings and small trees have quickly grown toward the light More on the forest: It is a classic tropical forest (rain forest) with giant emergent trees reaching over 120 feet tall subcanopy trees (both younger trees growing toward the canopy and species of trees that never grow that tall but which are adapted to live in the shaded subcanopy) over a dozen species new to science have been found here Today we went in search of a new species of Swartzia a genus of topical trees in the Legume family Our earlier collections were identified as Swartzia reticulata When the Brazilian Swartzia specialist put his head together with NYBG’s own specialist it became clear that the tree found in Bahia was not the same—similar That gives us an excuse to come back later We helped Daniel press plants from the forest transect (photo above) and took a careful look at the rates of individual tree growth over 18 years and not even all trees of the same species Some individuals only grew one millimeter in diameter in 18 years Others grew enough to cover up the tag we attached years ago: the 2.5-inch aluminum label as well as the exposed 3 inches of the nail it began to rain; we covered up our cameras and kept on going The life of the field biologist doesn’t stop unless it is a washout We did have at least on interruption—when we hammered a new label into a tree with a wasp’s nest about 4 feet over our heads one of the region’s most effective conservationists He is mobilizing forces to counter a proposal to build a deep-sea port in Ponto da Tulha in the midst of this diverse and sensitive region that lives off of environmentally friendly tourism I met with Roberto Barreto who works for the Educational TV channel of the state of Bahia He wanted to film me talking about the history of my work in the region and its impact on conservation He filmed and I talked for about 45 minutes we went with Daniel to see his own research plots he is studying how fast the forest regenerates to the full complement of mature forest species His results are quite interesting and show that in some cases forests can regenerate more quickly than previously thought We walked through mature forest as well as young forests in varying stages of regeneration One of the most common questions I get about rain forests is and often creatures that stay hidden during the day will come out under those conditions We were brushing back leaf litter looking for fruit and uncovered a beautiful little salmon-colored snake It scooted off and hid itself in the leaf litter before I could take its photo and on to the campus of the State University of Santa Cruz where we met with two molecular biologists interested in collaborating on a project to study the genetic diversity of Brazilwood (also known as Pernambuco) 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458-5126 Directions Call: 718.817.8700 Contact us Privacy Policy Press Room Jobs Brazil — My alarm went off at the tender hour of 2:05 a.m Alex and Nargila said a sleepy goodbye before going back to bed and I slept through four short flights (with brief stops in Fortaleza A local birder named Leonardo Patrial picked me up in Ilheus and we headed toward a place called Boa Nova famous for having the greatest concentration of endemic birds in all of Brazil with about two hours of daylight this afternoon That gave us enough time to walk to a magical spot where hummingbirds buzzed around flowering cactuses and a Pygmy Nightjar tried to blend into the rocks nocturnal birds began calling: Common Pauraques Then Leo called in an endemic Tawny-browed Owl and we had killer looks at it perched just above our heads We checked in to a nice pousada (small hotel) in town the eastern edge of the wet Atlantic Forest meets the interior Caatinga (dry forest) If the birding stays as good as it was this evening my last three days in Brazil are going to be very productive Year list: 926 Next Day Previous Day Pledge to stand with Audubon to call on elected officials to listen to science and work towards climate solutions Patrick Marnham discovers deserted beaches and a barefoot resort where he would happily take up residence there were crudely made signs: 'Here indigenous people are fighting to reclaim 48,000 hectares of forest and farmland.' Rundown motels showed 'No Vacancies' but seemed empty A woman standing in a river was stooping over stones the driver swung left off the highway and plunged down an unmarked dirt track This was supposed to be the entrance to a hotel There was a guard tower about 50 metres into the trees where a relaxed- looking security man waved us on In the past few days a large part of the South Atlantic Ocean seemed to have been sucked into the air and dumped onto the state of Bahia We passed a lagoon, then a second. At the end of a track there was a riverbank, a small wooden jetty and a waiting launch. There were no buildings. This was the only way into Fazenda da Lagoa, which is probably the most beautiful hotel I have ever stayed in and certainly the only one where I could imagine taking up permanent residence. Continued a beach outside Ilhéus on the road to Itacaré The land on either side was once a palm-oil and cassava farm but it is now being returned to rainforest In the shades above us hundreds of parakeets crowded past 'It must be five o'clock,' said the boatman it is better described as a 'beachfront hideaway' and is probably too remote for the average holidaymaker In contrast to the long list of activities offered by rival destinations 'There are no entertainment options nearby.' You can enjoy the beach or take the launch through mangrove swamps and upriver You can even work if your work is transportable It would make the ideal retreat for an antisocial writer a long bar and quite a well-stocked library 'We always know which guests will be happy here,' the barman told me 'The ones who don't ask if we have mobile reception.' Everything at Fazenda da Lagoa then down the dirt track and the road across the marsh and finally on the boat Apparently there is another track by the edge of the forest but few care to use it because of the speed of the tide Pictured: Poolside loungers at Fazenda da Lagoa This is a beachside settlement where a handful of idealists have purchased land from a disused coconut farm and established a community They describe it as an 'Eco Village and Retreat Centre for Human Development' An original assortment of structures between the forest and the beach offer every facility from a steam sauna to a recording studio to yoga classes with a qualified Iyengar professor abundant spring water and the occasional banana spider It is the kind of place where surfers go when they grow up spiritual weddings and Tibetan healings a speciality There are chalets for short stays and larger houses for longer-term rental Pictured: a surfer on the beach at Itacaré Pictured: the entrance to the Shamash spa at Txai resort There my own attempts to achieve Zen were interrupted by a cloudburst so violent that it drowned the booming of the storm surf 30 metres away and two teak sun-loungers arranged side by side outside my door rocked on the deck in mutual defiance of the elements Pictured: a bedroom at Txai Itacaré Resort the first part of the country to be settled by the Portuguese and one of the earliest providers of the crops that established the country's economy: sugar cane This is a region where great fortunes have been won and lost Its history was immortalised by Jorge Amado in his 1958 novel Gabriela Amado was born and raised in this part of the world His father was a sharecropper on a small cocoa plantation who won the national lottery The family moved to Ilhéus and built a splendid house opposite the cathedral This cannot have pleased the bishop since Amado grew up to join the Brazilian Communist Party and to satirise the local oligarchy of corrupt and violent 'cocoa colonels' who ran the state I visited an organic cocoa farm owned by a Basque expatriate called Patrick when the 'witch's broom' fungus wiped out 90 per cent of Brazilian cocoa trees and his production dropped to near zero for several years Patrick's solution was to switch to organic farming He now grazes cattle over much of the farm The straw is then spread through the plantation as fertiliser for the cocoa trees (mostly hybrids developed to avoid another attack of disease) He said that he misses nothing except the snow and the rugby by making wine - in his case organic cocoa wine Patrick's mood as he showed me round the cocoa plantation had been relaxed which resembles a laboratory and has clinically high standards of hygiene slightly sweet taste like white port or Muscatel He is still experimenting with the strength For one wild moment I thought he was about to present me with a bottle but it turned out he just wanted to show off his new label My journey through bahia included many stimulating and memorable experiences including being half-drowned in a canoe during a storm in the Baía de Todos os Santos But the place I still tend to recall is Fazenda da Lagoa On the morning after my arrival I walked on the beach there was a gentle surf and a misty haze between blue sky and green water and at the centre of a district that contains more than a hint of insurrection 'Latin America,' it was once said 'is the insane asylum of Europe.' If so provided I can be locked up in Fazenda da Lagoa WEATHER TO GO Average daytime temperatures in Bahia range from 26°C to 31°C. The period with the highest rainfall is from May to August. Conditions are drier and less humid from September to December. By Patrick Marnham. Published in Condé Nast Traveller October 2010. [/i] Pictured: the daughter of a work on Patrick's cocoa farm in Bahia, Brazil 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Parece que a página que você está procurando não está disponível 0 Wins / 3 Draws / 0 Losses in the Last 3 fixtures Prediction Risk - UNLOCK This season in Serie D, Barcelona BA's form is Average overall with 0 wins, 3 draws, and 0 losses. 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Barcelona BA's xG for the Serie D 2025 season is 0.69 xG Against - Barcelona BA concedes an average of 1.02 xGA every match Most frequent total goals for Barcelona BA *Barcelona de Ilhéus Roster and stats are retrieved from 2025 Season Average AttendanceNot recorded yet or may be affected by COVID-19 WebsiteBarcelona de Ilhéus Official website Follow FootyStats on the following channels to make sure you never miss a stat * Please be aware that unauthorized individuals may be falsely claiming affiliation with FootyStats on Social Media These individuals are not associated with our company in any capacity Please verify official representatives through our website or official communication channels is not responsible for any interactions or transactions with unauthorized persons misrepresenting our organization © FootyStats - Built with Love for The Beautiful Game Subscribe to our English language newsletter and keep up-to-date with the most important news from Brazil All materials contained in this page may not be reproduced in any media without the prior written permission of Folhapress Primates and sloths in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia carry an unexpected range of insect-borne viruses a group led by veterinarian and epidemiologist Lilian Silva Catenacci looked for antibodies to 26 different arboviruses (viruses transmitted by mosquitos) in 196 blood samples taken from 103 golden-headed tamarin monkeys (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) 7 golden-bellied capuchins (Sapajus xanthosternos) and 7 brown-throated sloths (Bradypus variegatus) in the Una Biological Reserve and in farms near the towns of Ilhéus and Una One-third (36%) of the animals were found to have had contact with arboviruses mainly those of the genus Flavivirus (33%) and 3 of the dengue virus were first detected in golden-headed tamarin monkeys researchers found evidence in sloths of exposure to an alphavirus that causes a rare disease known as eastern equine encephalitis which can also be transmitted to humans by mosquitoes primates and sloths were naturally exposed to at least 12 arboviruses that are transmitted to other animals and people by mosquitoes and Ilheus dengue viruses were the most frequently found in monkeys and those against the Caraparu strain were more frequent in sloths © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved O endereço abaixo não existe na globo.com rabble.ca More people are reading rabble.ca than ever and unlike many news organizations we have never put up a paywall – at rabble we’ve always believed in making our reporting and analysis free to all while striving to make it sustainable as well rabble’s total budget is likely less than what big corporate media spend on photocopying (we kid you not!) and we do not have any major foundation Our main supporters are people and organizations -- like you Cenário caótico gerado pela enxurrada deixou moradores ilhados e em situação de vulnerabilidade - Manuella Luana/AFP The tragic floods in cities across the state of Bahia cost yet another life on Tuesday December 28 bringing the total number of dead to 21. Severe flooding has been registered in several cities in the state in the last few days, with the number of municipalities in a state of emergency increasing to 136 The latest confirmed death is of a 19-year-old girl who tried to cross flood waters in Ilhéus on Monday December 27 and drowned. This is the second death that occurred in the municipality. The cities that have reported deaths are Itamaraju (4) The new data was released on Tuesday by the Superintendence of Protection and Civil Defense (SUDEC) on the impact of the flooding states that 34,163 people have been made homeless and 42,929 people have been displaced The people considered homeless include people who are dependent on public shelters The number of people injured remains at 358 while the total number of people affected by the floods has risen to 471,786 The situation worsened in the state last Friday December 24 as the water levels of the rivers had risen again on Thursday December 23 They have also strengthened their community kitchens in the area to distribute hot food to those in need All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced provided it is not altered and proper credit is given All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced A concessão de benefícios na área educacional continua para os(as) associados(as) da Força Invicta foi a tradicional Escola Adventista de Ilhéus quem firmou parceria com a entidade beneficiando afiliados(as) e funcionários(as) com 20% de desconto nas mensalidades escolares do presente ano letivo A concessão do benefício se estende aos dependentes do público citado só será validada mediante o pagamento até o dia 10 de cada mês Para saber mais sobre a filosofia, pedagogia e estrutura da Escola Adventista de Ilhéus acesse o site https://ilheus.educacaoadventista.org.br/ você também encontra informações sobre outras unidades de ensino da rede metabolic vs anabolic (copyright-demand-letter.com) Horário de Funcionamento: 08:00h às 17:00h Telefone e WhatsApp: +55 71 3043-0574 © 2025 TEZ NEWS All rights reserved The father of a man presumed dead in a plane crash off the Brazilian coast has pleaded with fishermen to let the authorities know where the wreckage is.Sean Lovelock-Woodhall was one of four business associates missing when their light aircraft went down in May 2008 said he had been told that fishermen had now found the wreckage but wanted money to reveal its location The Foreign Office said claims wreckage had been found were being investigated Nigel Hodges and the two pilots were last heard of flying off the country's north-eastern coast The men were travelling from Salvador to Ilheus as part of a trip connected to a future housing development on 2 May Mr Lovelock-Woodhall's brother Mark set up a website to try and gather more information about the crash His father Ron said he heard a week ago that the crash site had been found but had since been told the fishermen who discovered it wanted $500,000 (£306,000) to disclose the location "I've lost all faith in humanity," he said "I just want to get him home and bury him in peace." Mr Lovelock said there was a small plaque in Tempsford where his son lived simply marking the fact he was missing "I go and put flowers there," he added "My son had five children and they loved there father so much and he looked after them so well "I had enough crying and tears last Christmas If he was here we could at least show the kids where he is." The Foreign Office confirmed they had received reports of a sighting of the wreckage at the end of last week It said Brazilian Federal Police were questioning the fishermen who claimed to have found it and two Brazilian naval vessels were searching the area What are these? ' + liveStatsFacts[Math.floor(Math.random()*liveStatsFacts.length)] + ' Most Popular Now | 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now."; Already registered on our BusinessLIVE or TimesLIVE websites Forgot your password? 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