Bolivian government presses to build highway that will cross the National Park Isiboro Sécure while it hears local communities.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Perceptions of climate change from the heart of protected areas
We visited five conservation areas in Amazonas and San Martin to meet people’s perceptions about the relationship between climate change and protected areas.
Miners threaten to strike if Government not repealing rule prohibiting use of dredges
The Miners’ Federation of Madre de Dios warned with a strike if the Government does not repeal or modify the article that prohibits the use of dredges for mining.
Government of Amazonas discusses use of mercury
Council gathered to decide on the future of the resolution which allows the use of mercury in mining. Decision comes out next week.
Belo Monte Dam would be canceled if the law is interpreted in favor of human rights of communities
Again, the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Brazilian Amazon was stopped because, according to the Federal Court of the First Region of the country, did not respect the Constitution and the ILO Convention 169
Vice: The gold rush that is destroying Suriname´s rainforest
The gold camp Krikie Nigi in Suriname represents the platonic ideal of environmental devastation. Every inch of land is reviewed and each milligram of gold is removed.
Suspension of works in Teles Pires fell in 24 hours
President of the Federal Court overturned the earlier decision that prevented the continuation of the works of construction of the dam.
UOL: Amazon hosts third gold rush in Brazil
In the last five years, IBAMA deactivated 81 illegal mining in north of Mato Grosso, south of Pará and in the Amazon, in the region of the Transamazonic road. Click to see full size image gallery
Teles Pires: Federal Justice annuls the environmental impact study
A federal court froze the work because it lacks the necessary congressional approval to be built on indigenous land.
Opinión: The Amazon receives distinction as a natural wonder with a celebration in Peru
The Amazon was recognized as one of the seven natural wonders of the world in ceremony led by President of Peru in the Amazon River.