Located in the Madre de Dios region, the Native Community Shipeteari, Machiguenga people, is located in the buffer zone of the Manu National Park.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Manatees are reintroduced to nature
Attack survivors, the 5 mammalian passed for the care of the Rehabilitation Center of Amazonian Manatee;
UOL: Construction in Belo Monte are suspended by court decision
The Norte Energia company suspended all activities directly related to the construction, by court’s failure to comply with the constitutional provision requiring the holding of public hearings with affected communities.
Exame: Pará state lead Legal Amazon deforestation in July
According to report, the region suffered a total of 139.5 km2 deforestation in the period.
Deforestation grew near PAs changed by government
According Imazon, deforestation in the area of influence of the BR-163, full of Protected Areas, as Flona Jamanxin, back to worrying.
IBC: between 2000 and 2010, Peru lost more than 1.5 million hectares of Amazon forest
The Common Good Institute warned that between 2000 and 2005, the annual deforestation rate in our country was 147 thousand hectares per year. Between 2005 and 2010, was 153 thousand hectares, and the number is increasing.
Independent assessment confirms drop in Amazon deforestation for 2011-2012
Independent analysis has confirmed a drop in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon for the year ended July 31, 2012.
IPS: Brazil improves control of carbon released by the Amazon
A new system for calculating how many greenhouse gases produced by the Brazilian Amazon deforestation comes at an opportune time to measure the implications of the Forest Code reform.
La Región: Combating the threat of oil in the Amazon of Peru
More than 25 leaders of indigenous Shipibo of the Ucayali and Loreto regions of Peru met to discuss the imminent threat of oil exploration in their territories.
Amazon: the challenges of the natural wonder of the world
On August, more than 15,000 people gathered to celebrate the recognition from New 7 Wonders foundation to the Amazon River/Rainforest as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.