A list for paulistanos who love rare books or for those who want to save money on their purchase On this journey through national and international literature but also contemporary books that are worth reading you’ll be able to explore the capital from north to south The project started out as a couple’s dream and only operated on Sundays as a hobby, but their passion for books took the idea forward and turned Pura Poesia into one of the most popular places in São Paulo. 📍 Rua Costa Aguiar, 1112 – Ipiranga View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo Pura Poesia 📚 (@sebopurapoesia) Those passing by may not notice, but between the intersection of Avenida Consolação and Avenida Paulista there is an underground bookstore which, since 2015, has been hosting exhibitions, musical performances and, of course, good books. 📍 Rua da Consolação, no number (next to 2423) – Consolação Since 2002, the space has offered more than just books, CDs, DVDs, LPs and works of art. It’s a space for socializing and culture in one of the best areas of the city. 📍 Rua Alceu Wamosy, 34 – Vila Mariana View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo Praia dos Livros (@sebopraiadoslivros) 📍 Praça Doutor João Mendes, 25 – Historic Center View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo Nova Floresta (@sebonovaflorestaoficial) Sebo Liberdade has been around for over 15 years and is one of the best options for finding good, cheap books and rare books at a fair price. 📍 Carlos Gomes Square, 124 – Liberdade View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑺𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒆 (@sebo.liberdade) With more than 20 years of history, this bookstore has more than 60,000 books. Among the options are new books at a good price and also rare ones. As well as an option to buy, you can also sell books, CDs, DVDs and other materials. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo José de Alencar (@sebojosealencar) This bookstore sells used books and magazines in excellent condition. Most of the collection came from the library of journalist Ricardo Lombardi, editor of the blog Desculpe a Poeira. 📍 Rua Sebastião Velho, 28A – Pinheiros View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ricardo Lombardi (@desculpeapoeira) Located in the city center since 1969, the sebo is the largest retailer of used books in Brazil and Latin America. 📍 Praça Doutor João Mendes, 140 – Sé View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo do Messias (@sebodomessias) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Santana Sebo (@santana_sebo) One of oldest neighborhoods in São Paulo also has a bookstore to call its own. How about taking the opportunity to refresh your bookshelf? 📍 Rua Henrique de Sousa Queirós, 25 – Penha de França View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebo Cesar - WhatsApp 11.95159-8069 (@sebocesar) Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Paris has been developing quite a name for itself recently as an aggressive fighter against urban air pollution the metro area is proposing to deploy an ancient weapon: trees These trees would be planted as part of what could yet be this century’s grandest urban and suburban re-greening projects: the creation of a new forest north of the city limits that at its final 1,350 hectare (5.2 square mile) extent will be five times the size of New York’s Central Park This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on supply chains The recent history of the Brazilian Amazon is one of rapid change the proportion of original rainforest that has been cut down increased from a mere 0.5% in 1970 to more than 21% as of 2021 The accumulated destruction—totaling more than 205 million acres—covers an area the size of Italy and Spain put together the population of the Brazilian Amazon has quadrupled Not only has this process  taken place in a disorganized manner it’s also been marked by serious social conflicts—and has resulted in the worst of all possible scenarios: environmental destruction a low quality of life for the population and an economy that both lacks dynamism and produces extremely high carbon emissions The current situation poses huge challenges But it’s also the necessary starting point for any realistic plan that has a chance of turning things around—and matters are far from hopeless Within each of the factors contributing to the current scenario there’s something that could be leveraged to take a step towards better there’s opportunity: You might call this the paradox of the Amazon This paradox has three key elements: First there is still a vast area of remaining rainforest Although accelerating and uncontrolled deforestation puts its future at risk the Amazon remains the largest tropical rainforest in the world the region has a potential demographic dividend at its disposal There is a growing majority of economically active people (those aged between 15 and 64) relative to children and seniors the economy of the region has wasted this potential benefit offering little access to jobs and good salaries for much of the population the excessive deforestation of recent years has left behind a vast area equivalent to the size of California and Oregon combined This area by itself is much more than what is necessary for agricultural production—meaning further deforestation is simply not necessary These three factors—the stretches of remaining forest and a young population—are advantages for the Brazilian Amazon region They should be at the center of plans to ensure the sustainable future of the region But to take advantage of the remaining forest the first priority is to put a quick stop to deforestation Quite the opposite: It is associated with theft of public forest lands predatory logging and other illegal activities It also contributes to the crisis of violence that is menacing the region and damages the business environment in the Brazilian Amazon driving away investment and incurring social costs The good news is that Brazil already knows how to control deforestation The country already does this in an effective and cheap way and also through satellite monitoring and fines for violators as deforestation decreased by 80% between 2004 and 2012 the agricultural GDP of the region increased over the same period There are also new opportunities for economic activity that can help in the context of the Amazon paradox there are at least four possible paths forward The first is restoring the original forest which can be done by planting seedlings of native trees or through allowing abandoned deforested areas to regrow naturally More than 59 million acres in the Brazilian Amazon are currently deforested and abandoned and are prime candidates for reforestation On the demand side, there’s also a growing market for carbon capture through forest restoration. According to Time magazine the net-zero commitments of companies worldwide require restoring almost 900 million acres worldwide by 2050 The second option, as we highlighted in a special issue of AQ in 2021 is increasing exports of products such as açaí fish and Brazil nuts that are compatible with the conservation of the forest The Brazilian Amazon region already produces and exports these products only in lower quantities (corresponding to less than 0.1% of the global market) The good news is there is already an enormous—and expanding—global market for these products worth more than $160 billion annually Another way forward is to pursue the opportunities presented by carbon markets for the parts of the forest that are still standing. A reduction in deforestation, besides being advantageous and strategic for Brazil, can attract new flows of investment to the Brazilian Amazon. One example is the LEAF Coalition whose approach is to exchange payment for a reduction in emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) at the national and subnational level stopping deforestation in the Amazon by the end of the decade could generate as much as $18.2 billion through carbon markets at a minimum price of $10 per ton of CO2 there are ample opportunities to increase the productivity of agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon Only 10% of deforested areas are being used at a level equivalent to the productivity of modern Brazilian agribusiness There is sufficient area in unused and underused deforested areas to satisfy all the demand for the expansion of agribusiness in the region and also to allow areas to be reforested for paper or cellulose products or for palm oil plantations We should concentrate efforts in these areas to increase productivity through adoption of agricultural best practices infrastructure improvement and securing land tenure The greatest potential to generate employment and value in the rural Brazilian Amazon lies precisely in areas that are already deforested The chief demand of people who live in the Amazon is for the opportunity to work Research indicates that the sectors that generate the most jobs are in cities ones that offer the chance for a better standard of living a priority for the direction of public resources should be urban infrastructure One is education—in need of reform throughout Brazil—and professional education in particular The other is the challenge of ensuring access to markets across the vast distances that the Brazilian Amazon region spans Improving internet access has proven efficient in promoting gains in income productivity and employability in other tropical regions The Amazon paradox urgently needs to be addressed the top priority should be to recover or make more productive areas of forest already cut down while offering quality education and technology to the people for whom the Brazilian Amazon is home—especially young people These measures are key for the future of the largest and richest tropical forest on Earth Veríssimo is the co-founder of the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) and director of the Amazon Entrepreneurship Center Assunção is associate professor of economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro executive director of the Climate Policy Initiative and co-coordinator Americas Quarterly (AQ) is the premier publication on politics We are an independent publication of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas PUBLISHED BY AMERICAS SOCIETY/ COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS Jornalismo Ambiental → Researchers race against the destruction of the Amazon to ensure the survival of the Mato Grosso titi monkey one of the world's most endangered primates The Mato Grosso titi monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi) one of the most endangered primates in the world Through the airplane window flying over the northern region of the state of Mato Grosso isolated amidst vast plantations and pastures and cattle is clouded by another striking element of the region: smoke fires are frequent in the world’s largest continuous tropical forest between the fires and the progressive destruction of nature that give name to the Arc of Deforestation that one of the world’s most endangered primates resides Its distribution is limited to the north by the confluence of the Juruena and Teles Pires rivers two massive water barriers that border its habitat the species’ geographical boundaries are still uncertain but researchers believe they reach the transition between the Amazon and Cerrado domains This distribution unfortunately overlaps with the most dangerous region of the Amazon for a primate: the Arc of Deforestation the front where the main pressures that bring down the forest have historically advanced through the deforestation rate increased more than tenfold between 2012 and 2022 (from 1.55 km² to 16.33 km²) according to data from the Prodes monitoring program produced by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) around 120 km² of forest were destroyed during this period within the municipality alone the area occupied by agriculture and livestock in Alta Floresta has more than tripled It jumped from 116,872 hectares in 1985 to 440,113 in 2021 The phenomenon of expanding plantations and pastures and shrinking forest cover is repeated in other municipalities in the north of Mato Grosso Mato Grosso is one of the states contributing the most to Amazon deforestation According to recently released data from Prodes the state lost 1,938.99 km² of Amazon Forest – an area larger than the city of São Paulo researchers seek new information about the species the Mato Grosso titi monkey is known to exist in only six municipalities – Paranaíta There are only two confirmed sightings within protected areas: in Juruena National Park and Rio Ronuro Ecological Station Researchers suspect that the species will also be found within indigenous lands in the region Primatologist Gustavo Canale, associate professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), is one of the twenty authors of the article that introduced the Mato Grosso titi monkey to the scientific world. According to him to confirm the species’ distribution and determine its southern limit “We have already confirmed the species here in the municipality of Sinop and there are some populations that we know occur around the region of Lucas do Rio Verde Then we will go further down in the transition to see if the southern limit of this species’ distribution is this transition between the Amazon and Cerrado the species should not occur,” he explains Excursions to the region are underway this December Boubli from the University of Salford (England) the first author of the study that described the Mato Grosso titi  monkey The first expedition confirmed the species’ occurrence in the right bank of the Arinos River and reinforced the suspicion that the river is the primate’s western boundary The expeditions to map the species’ distribution will go as far as the municipality of Nova Mutum The research is being carried out by the Ecótono Institute in partnership with UFMT and the University of Salford with support from Re:wild through the Primate Action Fund/Margot Marsh The Mato Grosso titi monkey is an arboreal primate It is precisely this relationship with forest cover that makes primatologists sound the alarm about the animal’s future In the 2018 study that described the species the authors show that the Mato Grosso titi  monkey had already lost 42% of its forest habitat by 2017 They predict that if deforestation in the region continues at its current pace the equivalent to three generations of the primate the researchers also warn about the ongoing political trend of undermining and reducing protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon and about the hydroelectric dam complex planned for the region “There are still two large blocks of forest where this species occurs but it is certainly a declining population it is one that is rapidly reducing due to the intense deforestation The fact that this deforestation in northern Mato Grosso is one of the fastest on the planet is what puts this species on alert We are losing individuals very quickly,” explains Gustavo Canale The primatologist explains that since the species was described relatively recently its total population size has not yet been estimated and there is no data on abundance and density in the fragments where they occur “It was classified as Critically Endangered due to projections of expected deforestation That’s why it’s endangered: because if things continue as they are we imagine that we will lose more and more forest until the species becomes extinct,” warns the primatologist Gustavo explains that since this deforestation is relatively recent “But these forests are becoming increasingly fragmented and it is already quite evident that they are not viable in the long term,” he explains Deforestation is currently the main threat to the Mato Grosso titi monkey And along with forest clearing comes a second problem: fire is classified as an ecoregion known as “Mato Grosso dry forests,” and is naturally more susceptible to fires Deforestation makes this phenomenon even worse “The place where the Amazon loses the most forest is in the Arc of Deforestation Imagine a population already isolated in a small fragment They are surrounded by fire,” describes the UFMT professor Together with the expansion of agriculture and livestock farming come the expansion of the road networks and the construction of hydroelectric plants which also compete for space and impact the Mato grosso titi monkey’s habitat Gustavo is also concerned about the information gaps in our knowledge of the species and the potential hidden problems within them “We might need a little more research to better understand the species’ genetic variability how severely inbreeding effects [reproduction between related individuals] and deleterious effects of very small populations affect the titi monkey but they probably do,” he summarizes The researchers’ warning gained international attention in August of this year when the Mato Grosso titi monkey was included in the list of 25 most endangered primates in the world. The list comes from the publication Primates in Peril was launched during the Brazilian Primatology Congress which took place precisely in northern Mato Grosso “For all the animals we chose as the most threatened we thought about whether there are people who will really use this attention of being one of the 25 most threatened to really act for conservation there are many people fighting to save this species,” comments British primatologist Anthony Rylands director of primate conservation at Re:wild in a conversation with ((o))eco during the event organized by the Brazilian Society of Primatology (SBPr) Rylands and the Chief Conservation Officer of Re:wild embarked on an excursion to see the Mato Grosso titi up close – and to see an example of the dramatic fragmentation the species is subjected to The small primate watching team was composed of Mittermeier guided by UFMT researcher and professor Gustavo Canale then president of the Brazilian Society of Primatology The group left Sinop and traveled for about an hour and a half along the roadway a path that starts on the asphalt of MT-222 and ends on dusty dirt roads the group crossed the bridge over the Teles Pires River – an insurmountable barrier for many primates The group’s destination is the settlement where Armando Antônio Originally from the municipality of São Miguel do Iguaçu he is one of many who came from the southern region of Brazil to occupy this part of the Amazon derives from the acronym of Sociedade Imobiliária Noroeste do Paraná (Northwest Paraná Real Estate Society) the company that implemented the city’s urban project in a forest fragment of less than 5 hectares lives an isolated couple of Plecturocebus grovesi The presence of one of the most endangered primates in the world in a tiny Amazon “island” surrounded by pasture serves as a dramatic portrait of the impacts deforestation imposes on the species but also by waters from the Sinop hydroelectric plant The plant flooded 40 and took my Legal Reserve,” complains Armando who owns a pasture and raises dairy cattle on his property became a 300 meter wide river in that stretch and the Mato Grosso titi monkey habitat shrank and broke apart even more but had no idea they were an endangered species It wasn’t until the construction of the hydroelectric plant The forest is larger over on the other side and it’s more difficult to see them,” says Armando Gustavo says they’ve heard  titi monkeys vocalizations coming from the other side of the river and estimates there are at least two groups on the other bank “What we need to do is restore and reconnect these areas,” the primatologist points out Part of this reforestation work is in the hands of Sinop Energia the company responsible for the Teles Pires hydroelectric plant and in charge of restoring the riverbanks affected by the dam as they are Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) ((o))eco contacted Sinop Energia’s press office to find out why restoration has not yet been carried out and whether there is a timeline for the project and also to clarify if the company is aware of the presence of an endangered species in the area impacted by the plant According to a statement from the press office “Sinop Energia is restoring the Permanent Preservation Areas through a specific program assisted by EMBRAPA and monitored by the State Secretariat of Environment/MT The execution schedule approved by the environmental agency is up to date and Sinop Energia has already restored 404 hectares The company also maintains a seedling nursery at the Sinop hydroelectric plant with a production capacity of 150,000 seedlings/year donating seedlings to neighboring municipalities the company explains that it has developed the Wildlife Dispersal and Rescue Program due to the filling of the dam’s reservoir and that about 28,000 animals have been rescued of which 257 were titi monkeys – of both Plecturocebus vieirai a species from the other bank of Teles Pires Sinop Energia has been carrying out a terrestrial fauna monitoring program since 2015 which includes primates like the Mato Grosso titi and is regularly supervised by the State Secretariat An alternative approach to speeding up restoration has been to independently seek funding and submit projects focused on this specific purpose involves planting trees with community support and it is based on rural schools of local settlements The idea is to go beyond restoring the habitat of the titi monkey and other animals by also promoting community-based tourism As if the numerous threats surrounding the Mato Grosso titi monkey weren’t enough the species faces challenges from its own biology and slow reproduction titi monkeys typically give birth to a single offspring per year Groups consist of the parents and one or two offspring from the previous reproductive cycle and/or the current year the offspring will disperse to find a mate When a couple is isolated in a forest fragment their offspring will end up reproducing among themselves which is detrimental to the population’s genetic health and facilitates the emergence of diseases There’s no doubt from an ecological point of view that Armando’s small forest island is incapable of guaranteeing the long-term survival of a titi  pair which would produce offspring doomed to mate with relatives (endogamy) and face the scarcity of resources that such a precarious environment would eventually impose on the animals the presence of Mato Grosso titi monkeys in the fragment provides a unique and easily accessible opportunity for primate watching It took the primatologist group no more than a ten-meter walk into the fragment pulled out a small speaker and played a recorded vocalization of a titi monkey widely used in wildlife observation activities the titis quickly came to investigate the intruders in their diminished home they blended among the leaves with their brown My limited camera struggled to capture the animals nor the restless monkeys themselves cooperated with my shots And even if it wasn’t always possible to see them clearly it was impossible not to hear them when they vocalized The monkey’s singing is a way of defending their territory a way of showing us that their house has an owner When the titi pair finally settled on a branch to watch us from a distance it was possible to observe a particular behavior of the species: the intertwining of their long tails The intertwining is a sign of closeness between individuals usually seen in couples or between parents and offspring and is common throughout the Plecturucebus genus a name that precisely means “monkey that coils its tail.” Regardless of the quality of the photographs the excitement of observing Mato Grosso titi  monkeys spread through the team Experienced primatologists Russell Mittermeier and Anthony Rylands celebrated as if those were the first monkeys they ever spotted Russ had already observed over 400 primate species in the wild at that moment A number he would expand less than an hour later when he spotted the also endangered Schneider’s marmoset (Mico schneideri) We were able to observe at least three marmoset individuals but Gustavo emphasizes that he doesn’t know exactly how many individuals of the species live there “They are refugee primates,” he concludes Having been formally described by science only five years ago there are still many uncertainties about the future of the Mato Grosso titi monkey and the strategies needed to ensure its conservation are widely agreed upon: it is essential to curb deforestation in northern Mato Grosso and carry out forest restoration to reconnect isolated fragments The species has not yet been formally included in the National Action Plan (PAN) for Amazonian Primates a tool managed by ICMBio (Brazilian federal institution responsible for managing protected areas and biodiversity) to address the conservation of threatened species Gustavo explains that the conservation of the species has already been discussed by members of the Primate Specialist Group/Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and consultations have also been held with the Brazilian Primatology Center/ICMBio “But the conversations are very preliminary because we still don’t have a clear idea of where these isolated populations are We are just beginning to map them now.” “If you find an isolated population with no chance of reconnection the idea would be to carry out a translocation because a very small But the ideal is always to reconnect the forest and not simply remove the individuals from there The most extreme measure would be this translocation That’s why we’ve been seeking to write projects and find partners who want to work on forest restoration and connecting forest fragments where this species occurs,” explains the primatologist Another conservation strategy on the horizon which means taking actions outside of the species’ natural habitat there is no information about the presence of these animals in wildlife triage centers or even zoos the focus is mainly on in situ [in nature] populations it will undoubtedly be necessary to better organize efforts to determine where these individuals are and how the ex situ population is structured Especially since there are many highways and urban expansion in the [P.] grovesi area so it’s very likely that animals will start showing up injured or electrocuted in triage centers and veterinary hospitals and it’s important to organize where these populations that will remain in captivity will go,” assesses Gustavo Seeing two endangered primate species in the wild both described in the last five years and easily accessible near an urban center Sinop offers a unique primate-watching opportunity There are ten primate species that can be spotted in the municipality This impressive diversity results from the Teles Pires River a barrier that separates species but not the city of Sinop which stretches along both banks of the river Even in the urban center, a stroll through Sinop’s Forest Park may offer glimpses of species such as Plecturocebus vieirai a member of the titi monkey family; the white-cheeked spider monkey (Ateles marginatus); and the Emilia’s marmoset (Mico emiliae) which I’m part of along with other colleagues has been thinking about primate-watching as an important conservation tool,” says Gustavo Canale “I’d argue that there’s no better place in the world for primate-watching than Brazil since it has the highest diversity of primates globally it would rank 13th in the world for primate diversity “The idea is to demonstrate through symbolic species like [P.] grovesi that there are other options,” says IUCN Primate Specialist Group director Russell Mittermeier “It shows that deforestation isn’t the only economic option here There’s the possibility of ecotourism using primates and other animals as symbols It’s difficult to compete with the economic force of destruction but the ecotourism industry can provide alternatives while protecting the forest for future options like the carbon market.” “Sinop is a strategic location for developing this tourism due to the number of species and the existing infrastructure Imagine a national itinerary where tourists can see the golden lion tamarin [native to the state of Rio de Janeiro] and the titi monkey on the same trip?” Gustavo suggests The challenge is to ensure the latter’s survival in the forests of Mato Grosso *Original text translated from portuguese by Bernardo Araújo Jornalista ambiental especializada em unidades de conservação, montanhismo e divulgação científica. → Renowned primatologist Russell Mittermeier reveals that Tarzan was the hero of his childhood and, along a couple of adventurous naturalists, his inspiration for a life-long career as a conservationist → Golden lion tamarin conservation efforts have been successful, growing the population from a one-time low of 200 animals to more than 2,000 today. → Over the past five centuries, the Atlantic Forest has been exploited, occupied and gradually exterminated. 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Saiba como seus dados em comentários são processados ((o))eco é um veículo de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos fundado em 2004 que se dedica a documentar os desafios retrocessos e avanços dos temas relacionados à conservação da natureza biodiversidade e política ambiental no Brasil através daqueles que se interessam em protegê-los Saiba mais Quer começar o seu dia com uma notícia positiva sobre o meio ambiente direto no seu WhatsApp Increva-se e saiba como receber nosso podcast Brazilians braced for more rains yesterday fearing further catastrophic landslides after walls of muddy water claimed over 500 lives in was reported to be the country’s worst-ever flood disaster As rescue teams and residents combed the wreckage of hillside communities near tourist hotspot Rio de Janiero forecasters warned the wet weather was likely to last into next week “It will keep raining until at least next Wednesday in the Serrana region of Rio de Janeiro which is not good because it could lay the conditions for more landslides,” warned the head of national weather institute He stressed “light but continuous rain is very dangerous” because there is nowhere for it to flow away to and “it accumulates until the earth gives way under its weight and swallows up the hillside.” The bad weather was hampering efforts to reach many small towns and rural areas cut off after the floods washed away roads and tracks An official with Rio’s state health service said that at least 514 people were killed when torrents of water swept down hillsides in three towns before dawn Wednesday I think the number could increase by maybe another 100,” he said An estimated 12,000 people were left homeless Forecasters have said the storms dumped the equivalent of a month’s rain on the area in just a few hours and blamed the unusually wet weather on the La Nina phenomenon which has increased rainfall in southeast Brazil The G1 news outlet called it “the biggest climatic tragedy in the history of the country,” surpassing the 437 people killed in a 1967 mudslide previously considered Brazil’s worst disaster “The forecast of more rains is not reassuring,” said the Rio governor Sergio Cabral again urging residents to abandon their homes in the disaster zones and move to safer ground One woman hastily throwing bags into her car said she and others had no choice but to leave Nova Friburgo “I’m going because there’s no electricity anywhere So I’m going to a relative’s place,” she said mud had taken over a square in front of a white church Bulldozers and plastic-clad workers were clearing the area The catastrophe is the first major challenge facing new Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff The scenes are very shocking,” she said after visiting the area Thursday and pledging “strong action.” Her government has already released $470 million in initial emergency aid and sent seven tonnes of medical supplies Storms dumped the equivalent of a month’s rain in just a few hours before dawn Wednesday sending mudslides slicing through towns and hamlets roads and bridges and knocking out telephone and power lines The worst affected towns were Nova Friburgo Another 16 fatalities were registered in the village of Sumidouro Churches and police stations have been turned into makeshift morgues the smell of decomposing corpses heavy in the warm air Survivors desperate for news swamped the morgues and scrutinised photos in an attempt to identify the missing please register for free or log in to your account.