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	Northeast Region, Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northeast was the first area of discovery in Brazil, roughly 1,500 Portuguese having arrived on April 22, 1500 under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral at Porto Seguro, in the state of Bahia.
		Brazil's Northeast region can be characterized as arid for relatively long periods of time in the interior of the continent, with the coast and the southern areas having a more humid climate.
		The festival of São João (Saint John), one of the festas juninas, is especially popular in the Northeast, particularly in Caruaru, in the state of Pernambuco and Campina Grande, in the state of Paraíba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northeast_Region,_Brazil (1649 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brazil's vast territory covers a great variety of land and climate, for although Brazil is mainly in the tropics (it is crossed by the equator in the north and by the Tropic of Capricorn in the south), the southern part of the great central upland is cool and yields the produce of temperate lands.
		To the northeast lie the islands of Fernando de Noronha, and to the south is the port of Natal.
		Brazil drew little benefit from either; far more important were the rise of postwar discontent in the military and beginnings of the large-scale European immigration that was to make SE Brazil the economic heart of the nation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Brazil.asp (3766 words)

	Brazil Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brazil has the world's second largest Christian population (151 million, behind that of the United States), and also is the world's largest Roman Catholic-majority nation in terms of both number of adherents and land mass --- a strong cultural legacy left behind by the Roman Catholic Portuguese colonists.
		Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations before the first Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, disembarked in 1500.
		Since 1985, Brazil has been internationally considered a democracy, specifically a presidential democracy; that status was affirmed in a 1993 plebiscite, in which voters were asked to choose between a presidential or parliamentary system; voters also decided not to restore the country's constitutional monarchy.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Brazil (4479 words)

	Brazil
		Brazil is the largest country in South America in terms of both area and population.
		Brazil's GDP is the highest in Latin America and one of the highest in the world.
		Brazil's chief farming and grazing areas are in the south.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/bypass/314/english/brazil.htm (7926 words)

	Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brazil is characterized by the extensive low-lying Amazon Rainforest in the north and a more open terrain of hills and low mountains to the south — home to most of Brazil's population and its agricultural base.
		Brazil's population is mostly concentrated along the coast, with a lower population density in the interior.
		Brazil is the country with the largest Catholic population in the world, as well the country with the most members of Asian religions in the Western world.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Brazil (4772 words)

	Brazil. Northeast. Brazil Hotels : Discount Up to 75% On Hotels in Brazil
		The Northeast (nordeste) of Brazil covers an immense area and features a variety of climates and scenery, from the dense equatorial forests of western Maranhao, only 200km from the mouth of the Amazon, to the parched interior of Bahia, some 2000km to the south.
		Within Brazil, the Northeast is notorious for its poverty, and it has been described as the largest concentration of poor people in the Americas.
		It was on the coast that the first towns and cities of the Northeast grew up - not for nothing are all the region's state capitals, save one, coastal cities - and to this day the coastal strip is by far the most thickly populated part of the Northeast.
	www.brazilhotelbooking.com /northeast.html (1876 words)

	Guide About North Northeast of Brazil
		However, its share of Brazil's total had grown rapidly in the 1970s and early 1980s as a result of interregional migration, as well as high rates of natural increase.
		For planning or ecological purposes, Maranhão west of 44° W longitude, most of which until recently was covered with "pre-Amazon" forest (that is, transition from the cerrado or caatinga to tropical forest), is often included in the Amazon region.
		The Northeast, with 1,561,178 square kilometers, covers 18.3 percent of the national territory.
	www.floridabrasil.com /brazil/guide-about-north-of-brazil.htm (627 words)

	BRAZIL'S NORTHEAST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brazil's Northeast is a magic region, full of enchantment, when the golden sunlight is reflected onto the blue, warm, crystal-clear waters of the seacoast, and also on the green wood forests of each State's hinterland.
		The tourist coming to the Northeast does not have to pick the best season of the year to meet the sun.
		As a strong representation of the presence of most diverse peoples, like European, African and native ones, when you arrive to Northeast you feel lije you are living in a brand new world, which otherwise brings the deepest memories of a past time, that may be familiar to everyone.
	www.ctinordestedobrasil.com.br /iapresenta.htm (577 words)

	Rainfall Prediction for Northeast Brazil during MAM and AMJ 2003
		The maximum of rainfall in northern Northeast Brazil occurs during the March-June season, with the pre-rainy season detected in December-January.
		a) and the tropical Atlantic did not show a pattern favorable for rainfall in Northeast Brazil, since the thermal contrast between both the tropical North and South Atlantic was weak and could not drive an incursion of the ITCZ to the south and to produce rainfall on the region.
		In MAM 2003, the semiarid region and north of Northeast Brazil were expected to be below average or normal, due to the possible northward displacement of the ITCZ and the El Niño effect.
	grads.iges.org /ellfb/Mar03/helio/helio.htm (2066 words)

	OPUNTIA AS FODDER IN THE SEMI-ARID NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL
		Opuntia is cultivated in the semi-arid northeast, mainly by the dairy cattle ranchers, and the largest cropping areas are found in the States of Alagoas, Pernambuco and Paraíba.
		Animal husbandry in the semi-arid regions is dual-purpose: milk and beef, although near to metropolitan centres, the proportion of Holstein in crossing increases.
		Opuntia is vital to cattle raising in the semi-arid northeast, mainly during prolonged droughts.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y2808E/y2808e09.htm (5586 words)

	Brazil
		Brazil is also a notably corporatist society in which a host of private and public groups and institutions have a long history of working doggedly to protect their own interests.
		Brazil has one of the largest gap between rich and poor in the world (measured by a sociological measurement along several socio-economic inidicators, the Gini coeffecient), though this is based not so much on absolute poverty as the fact that the wealth of the rich has increased faster than poorer groups (Gordon 2001, p21).
		The northeast ‘is a semi-arid region comprised of nine states that represents approximately ten percent of the national territory and thirty percent of the population’ (Finan 1999, p2).
	www.international-relations.com /WbLatinAmerica/WBLA-Lec7-2003.htm (10739 words)

	WWF - Northeast Brazil Shelf Marine - A Global Ecoregion
		Adult green turtles are the only herbivorous sea turtles, feeding mainly on seagrasses or algae, mostly in the tropics and subtropics, but juveniles are assumed to be omnivorous to allow for their high growth rates.
		The Northeast Brazil Shelf Marine ecoregion combines a wide continental shelf (up to 350 kilometers) and low levels of freshwater to allow for a variety of habitats including mangrove forests, fringing and barrier reefs, and the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean, Atol das Rocas.
		Where the shelf narrows in the central section of this ecoregion, the substrate consists almost entirely of carbonate sediments and is impacted by the South Equatorial Current.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/nebrazil_shelf_marine.cfm (305 words)

	03/01/00 -- Brazil's Northeast Atlantic Forest At Risk
		But the northeast region -- located north of Brazil's Sao Francisco River -- is very distinct from other sections of the Atlantic forest, because its flora and fauna is influenced by the nearby Amazonian rainforest basin, according to the study.
		Like the Amazon, while the Atlantic forests of northeastern Brazil are some of the world's most biologically rich, they are also the most threatened tropical forests because, like many tropical forests, they are highly fragmented.
		Birds currently threatened by hunting in northeast Brazil include all large fruit-eaters, such as guans, chchalacas, toucans and aracaris.
	forests.org /archive/brazil/brnoatlf.htm (940 words)

	Northeast, Brazil. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		The Northeast (nordeste) of Brazil covers an immense area and features a variety of climates and scenery, from the dense equatorial forests of western Maranhão, only 200km from the mouth of the Amazon, to the parched interior of Bahia, some 2000km to the south.
		Notorious for its poverty within Brazil, it has been described as the largest concentration of poor people in the Americas.
		The Northeast has the largest concentration of fl people in Brazil, most of whom live on or near the coast, concentrated around Salvador and Recife, where African influences are very obvious – in the cuisine, music and religion.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/brazil/northeast (432 words)

	Cool Planet - Brazil: Cisterns in Northeast Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the drought-prone Northeast of Brazil, Oxfam helps small-scale farmers make a living.
		By providing clean drinking and cooking water during the eight month dry season, Oxfam and its partners help reduce the number of people falling ill. This means children can spend more time at school and their parents are able to be more productive at work.
		Find out more about Brazil and Oxfam's work there on the main Oxfam GB website.
	www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/kidsweb/world/brazil/brazcistern.htm (260 words)

	Interior of Northeast Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Route: - The interior of the northeast of brazil is available only by bus and/or taxi.
		Salvador is the best place to depart from for the chapada diamantina and other destinations throughout the northeast.
		If anyone needs information on Brazil and travel there, e-mail me. I lived in the northeast for two years and have many places to stay and visit without the hassle of seeing something designed for tourists.
	www.saexplorers.org /tr97.htm (341 words)

	Northeast Brazil Travel Information. Photos, Stories and Diaries about Northeast Brazil , Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Her father is a fl man with white skin and red hair,her mother is a full blood Pataxo indian.
		Well just so you know, the pousada alcino in Lencois in a beatiful mountain range called chapada diamontina in the northeast of brazil has about the best breakfast spread ever.
		As many of you may know, breakfast is quite a serious affair in Brazil in the hotels, espically those who are competing for the BBB title (best brazil breakfast).
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/location.asp?locationid=1314 (506 words)

	SBEC :: Sociedade Brasileira de Educação Comparada
		Similar studies for Brazil (Psacharopoulos and Arriagada 1987) and other countries have found that parent literacy is strongly associated with the number of years that children attend school.
		In Brazil, a combination of external pressures and internal politics has generated considerable interest in and growing consensus regarding the relationship between child schooling and work (Schwartzman 2000).
		In the case of Brazil, analysis of parent involvement is the topic of a small but growing body of literature.
	www.sbec.org.br /publi_boletim20032.php (7810 words)

	Northeast Brazil Poisonous Animals
		About the sharks they are not found at Rio Grande do Norte beaches or litoral, Sharks are only found near Recife (some 300 miles away) beaches because it is open sea there and these ferocious fishes only go near the open ocean.
		If you are in part of the rain forest, walk on clear paths, do not go tromping off through thick plant life.
		Bring along a guide of all the wildlife in Brazil with you, this will help you identify the different snakes, lizards, and sharks you might see, and also provide you with information as to if these creatures can pose a threat to you.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/gen01/gen01801.htm (756 words)

	Natal travel guide - information for tourists about Natal, Brazil
		Recife, only 300 km away from Natal, has a rich culture, excellent restaurants and THE most beautiful beach in Brazil, Porto de Galinhas.
		Natal, the City of the Sun, is a major tourist destination in Brazil.
		Brazil is a big, peaceful, blessed by Nature country.
	www.natal-brazil.com (146 words)

	Population genetics of HPRTB, F13B, and LPL in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
		Population genetics of HPRTB, F13B, and LPL in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
		One hundred thirty-four unrelated Northeast Brazilian individuals were typed for the HPRTB, F13B, and LPL short tandem repeats (STRs).
		The combined probability of paternity and the discrimination power of these 3 STRs were high, permitting their utilization for forensic science purposes.
	www.astm.org /JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/3443.htm (223 words)

	Here I am in NorthEast Brazil! : Introductions Forum - Travellerspoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		My name is Kate and I have now been here in Brazil for 2 months, this is my gap year before I start Uni back at Sussex University in England.
		Would love to learn more about what you are doing, where you are, If anyone has been to NorthEast Brazil some tips certainly wouldnt go unwanted.
		...the northeast of brasil definitely has its own charm...if you get a chance, i highly suggest traveling to salvador, the capital of the state of bahia...one of my favorite cities...morro de sao paulo in bahia is also beautiful...depends on what you are looking for...i would surely switch places with you if i could...have fun...
	www.travellerspoint.com /forum.cfm?thread=16890 (268 words)

	Northeast Brazil Fuelwood Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fuelwood caters for about 70% of domestic energy use in Northeast Brazil.
		Consumption is currently gradually declining, but this trend is dependent on unpredictable factors such as gas prices and household income.
		Over the last decade conflicting data have emerged on trends in forest cover in the Northeast of Brazil.
	www.rbgkew.org.uk /science/tropamerica/fuelwood.htm (527 words)

	NORTHEAST BRAZIL - RECIFE TO FORTALEZA \| beaches rural dunes ocean diving fishing horses rodeo eco-tours off-road
		Internationally known for its beautiful beaches and sand dunes, the Brazilian Northeast is a region with its own identity, that holds many strange secrets for the discerning tourist in its little-known interior.
		Natal, located in the center of the Northeast coast, is the ideal starting point for those who want to get to know this region.
		In Brazil, breakfast is included at all pousadas or hotels.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/3937.html (984 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Mag - To Develop Brazil's Northeast Is Obligation Not Dream, Says Lula
		Brazil: 10 Years Later No Policeman Is in Jail for Massacre of 19 Workers
		At a last stopover on Monday, January 16, in northeastern Brazil, during visits to work on the duplication of the coastal BR-101 highway, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the development of the country's poor Northeast region is not a dream, but an obligation.
		The Second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD II) was opened in Salvador Bahia with a warm embrace for Brazil from diplomats, a Nobel Laureate, and international...
	www.brazzilmag.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5197&Itemid=53 (1710 words)

	Community Based Development in Northeast Brazil
		For the purposes of preparing the proposal, of executing and operating the investment, and as part of the subproject financing, the associations are free to select and contract the needed technical assistance.
		With more than half of all Brazilians living in poverty and almost two-thirds of the country’s rural poor, the Northeast of Brazil – covering nine States and part of a tenth – has long constituted the single largest rural poverty pocket in Latin America.
		The follow-on RPAP is currently being implemented in eight states of the Northeast.
	lnweb18.worldbank.org /external/lac/lac.nsf/9ef9ab0df45c3532852567d6006c59a4/e6dc8e661f14679e8525681e006b57cd?OpenDocument (1048 words)

	Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gerstengarbe, F.-W.; Werner, P.C. (2003): Climate analysis and scenarios for Northeast Brazil.
		In: Gaiser, T.; Krol, M.; Frischkorn, H.; de Auraujo, J.C. (ed.), Global change and regional impacts, water availability and vulnerability of ecosystems and society in the semi-arid northeast of Brazil, Springer, 217-228.
		In: Global change and regional impacts, water availability and vulnerability of ecosystems and society in the semi-arid Northeast of Brazil, Springer.
	www.pik-potsdam.de /publications/books (3574 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Brazil - Murici Pact Signed
		© Edson Endrigo/Birdlife The endangered Alagoas Antwren is confined to the Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil.
		Partners co-signing the Murici Pact are WWF-Brazil, BirdLife International, Conservation International-Brazil, the Center for Studies and Environmental Research of Northeast Brazil (CEPAN), SOS Atlantic Forest Foundation, the Friends of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve Institute (IA-RBMA), and the Northeastern Society of Ecology (SNE).
		Help Protect and Restore the Atlantic Forest: Adopt an Acre© today and help protect Brazil's ancient and threatened rainforest for future generations.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/southamerica/brazil/news/news1540.html (417 words)

	Amazon.com: Lonely Planet - Experience Northeast Brazil (1997) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ian also detours off the tourist track into the interior of NorthEast Brazil but just for a bit.
		It is a great companion piece to the Lonely Planet program wherein Ian Wright does the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro but unfortunately, as far as I know, the Rio program has not made it to video tape as yet.
		Brazil is a wonderful place to visit with warm people and great food.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/1563452669/rio4less-20 (503 words)

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