Germanico Montenegro, from the Puerto Mirador the Amazon tells how river gives life and peace.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
“The river is eating away the land”
Fermin and Cristina, in Arapicos have problems with the lack of drinking water and river pollution.
“During these years we have achieved a very nice friendship with nature”
The Mantle of the Bride makes a couple living 20 years in the region not to abandon their dreams and projects.
“Water is a crucial basis for Baños”
For the inhabitants of Baños, the appearance of the Virgin of Agua Santa is the reason for miraculous waters that attract tourists from around the world.
“Here there is water everywhere”
At the foot of La Chorrera is Maria Julia washing clothes, like she makes from ever. She also believes in the healing power of water.
“The lakes are the most precious treasure that has the community”
On the slopes of Urco Mount Dora Paña lives, where their days pass between the history, myths, and beauty of the Atillo – Ozogoche lake system.
“The park is beautiful, imagine be able to show the intact nature to your children”
Cajas National Park is the main water source for Cuenca, but today is threatened by visitors who throw their trash and burn the forest.
Estadão: Amazon deforestation advances in protected areas
Loggers perform specific actions in reserves that are not detected by satellite.
Estadão: Legalized land still suffers deforestation
In late August of this year, IBAMA found the deforestation of 300 hectares on public lands in the middle of the buffer zone of Altamira National Forest.
EFE: State Attorney of Brazil expressed alarm for hydroelectric boom in the Amazon
Brazilian prosecutors warned today at a meeting in Quito of the environmental and social damage in his opinion carries the current “boom” of hydroelectric projects throughout the Amazon basin, including controversial Belo Monte Dam.