Nearly 70% of Chinaâs electricity comes from coal. In total, coal produces around 40% of the worldâs electricity. Coal mining and the subsequent burning of coal can have many bad effects on both humans and the environment.
Favelas. Posted May 18, 2007 by Road Junky. A favela is a slum, an illegal settlement built on squatted lands. A favela is a slum, an illegal settlement built on squatted lands. Brazil has one of the worst distributions of wealth in the world and the poor have got to live somewhere. The favela dwellers build their houses out of wood and garbage, then later when they have the money, they upgrade to a home made concrete home.
Click on the faces below to explore the city within a city with six of its residents. According to the 2010 Census, about 6% of Brazil's population live in favelas or shanty-towns-around 11.25 million people across the country, roughly the population of Portugal. like to walk the favela from top to bottom to show people that the favela is like a city within the city.. He says 99% of the visitors are foreigners as Brazilians don't have the slightest curiosity to get to know the favela, at least once in their lives.