The Tupi people, one of the main ethnic groups of Brazilian indigenous people, believe in a male supernatural being called “Curupira” that guards the forest in Tupi mythology. I crowned this BLOG with his name because I aspire the BLOG, which deals with insects as part of the nature, to play a role just like Curupira who protects the forest from the destructive habits of man.
23 Dec, 2008
On Dec. 8, my earlier-than-usual arrival at the Museum at 7:30AM led me to an encounter with a bizarre fungus. Sure, it has been drippy lately.
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I have been thinking about the meeting with the INPA that took place a few days ago.
On reflection, what they were saying appears to boil down to prohibition of nature study in the Amazon across the board by amateur naturalists.
18 Dec, 2008
On Dec. 9, I had a meeting with the INPA at the Environmental Court.
The meeting was held as a result of my compromise that I hammered out after three complaints filed against me by the INPA, which had taken objection to the court order issued against them in this past June to the effect that everything they had confiscated from Hashimoto should be returned to him immediately on the basis of insufficiency of proof and the expiration of the statute of limitation.
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On December 7 and 8, three cruise ships came into the Port of Manaus. One carried tourists from the United States, another full of Europeans, and the last one brought a bunch of Brazilians on board.
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