Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, reaffirmed his rejection of the bill on the terrestrial interconnection between Puerto Esperanza and Iñapari, becausewill affect uncontacted indigenous territories.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
IAGUA: The Project GEF Amazonas ACTO / UNEP will benefit Peru
Peru will have diagnosis and proposed strategic plan for a sustainable and integrated development of the Amazon River basin, thanks to Amazon GEF ACTO / UNEP Project.
BBC Brasil: Venezuela investigates alleged massacre of 80 Yanomami by Brazilian miners
Prosecutor of Venezuela investigates alleged slaughter of Yanomami indigenous in a village on the border with Brazil, in a case where Brazilians miners are pointed as suspects in the death of 80 people.
Group of experts presents report on the Millennium Development Goals in the Peruvian Amazon
The main conclusions of this study are part of a summary document, entitled “Amazon and the Millennium Development Goals”.
Avina: RAISG presented analysis results on Amazon deforestation
On August 23, to an large audience, RAISG presented in Lima the progress of deforestation in the Amazon basin. Download study
ExpressoMT: Reduction of Amazon CO² emissions is measured by INPE service
The reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the Legal Amazon, brought another good information – technological advances in satellite monitoring.
D24am: Management of arapaima fish results in 800 tons in Brazil
Activity with roughly 1200 fishermen in four Sustainable Development Reserves generates income and helps protect the species.
AFP: Supreme Court of Brazil authorizes the construction of Belo Monte dam to resume
Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized on Monday the resumption of works on the Belo Monte dam in the heart of the Amazon, suspended because indigenous were not heard in Congress.
RPP Noticias: Peruvian Amazon loses 15,000 sq. km each year
From 2000 to 2010 15,000 square kilometers were lost, according to data analyzed covering 700 thousand square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest and representing 89% of the Peruvian jungle.
“Glances wild”, a tour of the Amazon biodiversity
The largest rainforest on the planet is also the most biodiverse. Harbors million species, of which thousands are threatened by man.