In this region of Peru, the rise in the value of the yellow metal increased the number of illegal prospectors, causing damage to the environment and human health.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
El Comercio: 794 oil spills in the northern Amazon
From this month Ecuadorians can know the impact of the oil industry in the provinces of Sucumbios and Orellana, in the northern Amazon.
Justice freezes hydroelectric license for San Luiz do Tapajós
Was determined to be made prior consultation to indigenous and integrated assessment of environmental impacts before any step.
Sounded the alarm by deforestation in the Amazon
The government is delaying the numbers, but according Imazon in October deforestation rose 377%.
Ecuavisa: Indigenous protest against oil contracts in the Amazon
The tender of five oil blocks in the Ecuadorian Amazon was postponed by the Government, face of resistance the natives of Pastaza and Morona Santiago.
Illegal mining of Chinese citizen expands of Madre de Dios to Huanuco
Chinese citizen accused in 2010 for crimes against the environment by illegal mining, would be expanding their illicit activity to Codo de Pozuzo (Huánuco).
SPDA: Reserved Zone Sierra del Divisor must become a National Park shortly
The Peruvian Environmental Law Society noted that urges the categorization of this site as a National Park because of the threats that lurk.
IBAMA authorizes works for duplication of Carajás railroad
The company VALE will have 4 years to double 780 km of the railway, which links Maranhão to Pará. The work is budgeted at $ 4 trillion.
Bolivia.com: 61% of deforestation is concentrated in six municipalities of the Amazon
61% of the national deforestation is concentrated in six municipalities of the Amazon, in areas close to population centers.
Papallacta, strategic place
Despite being a strategic place to contain reserves of drinking water for Quito, Papallacta does not have a adequate system for wastewater treatment.