In the midst of works in Rondonia, thousands of men and women meet and grow apart, and the money disappears with the same speed that comes mixed with sex, violence and lack of public agencies.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Raging river
Waves swallow homes, fishes appear dead, while fishermen suffer from hunger. The Santo Antonio hydroelectric changed the river and life in Rondonia.
Megawatts War
While companies fight to extract maximum energy from the Madeira River, the local population is at the mercy of the complex consequences of the works.
Deter October Numbers on InfoAmazônia
After two months of high followed, the rate of deforestation and degradation fell again, reaching the figure of 277 km ², a decrease of 28%.
Loreto: University students liberated about 400 turtles
On Nanay riverwalk, Iquitos, a group of students from the National University of the Peruvian Amazon released about 400 baby turtles Podocnemis unifilis, born in captivity.
CCTV News: ‘Mapping’ Assesses Never Before Seen Parts of Amazon Rainforest
CCTV News joins with scientists for a bird’s eye view of the Amazon Rainforest as they explain the latest technology they are using to assess its ecological value called mapping.
Exame: Deforestation in the Amazon in impressive numbers
Throughout history, the forest lost 745,000 km ² of vegetation, an area equivalent to the size of 490 cities of São Paulo.
Huánuco: illegal miners extract gold in river basins and forests of native communities
Illegal miners have expanded from Madre de Dios to Huánuco, according to El Comercio.
La Razón: Debate over development in the Amazon
VI Pan-Amazon Social Forum takes place in the city of Cobija, in Bolivia, with representatives of the nine Amazonian countries.
Madre de Dios is the region with higher fuel demand in Peru
The Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining reported that Madre de Dios region severely affected by informal mining, is the one with the highest fuel per capita consumption in Peru.