The Environment Ministry seized machinery and tools that would be used in the illegal mining in the Huánuco region for gold mining in the Panguana Conservation Area and El Sira Communal Reserve.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
El Espectador: The road that will divide the Bolivian Amazon
Indigenous groups argue that the prior consultation process for the construction of road in Isiboro Sécure was irregular. Government defends process.
D24AM: Technology recover degraded areas in the southern Amazon
In the municipalities of Apuí, Novo Aripuanã, Lábrea and Boca do Acre trainings will be conducted and producers must act as multipliers of technologies.
Mining and mercury affect the Caura River region
In Venezuela, military action to restrain illegal mining activities did not prevent degradation of the area that concentrates 32% of the country’s wildlife.
La Región: UNAP and Pacaya Samiria Reserve will work together
Both will work promoting a collaborative and cooperation mechanism for the generation of information for the management and conservation of protected areas.
Photos: Scientists discover tapir bonanza in the Amazon
Over 14,000 lowland tapirs, also known as Brazilian tapirs, roam an Amazonian landscape across Bolivia and Peru, according to new research by Wildlife Conservation Society.
“Belo Monte is absurd and thermoelectrics unnecessary”
Celio Bermann, USP specialist, says that energy policy is wrong to choose inefficient megaprojects and polluting power plants.
Açaí: From the Ground to the Snack Bar
An increase in consumption is intensifying competition, causing a price crisis, and exposing the difficulties of moving from extractivism to agribusiness.
Luzeia: The Superguaraná
Researchers plan to increase productivity with new varieties and adjustments in planting techniques
La Región: Conservation area promotes adaptive forest management in indigenous communities
Regional Conservation Area Ampiyacu/Apayacu promotes the implementation of adaptative forest management plans with timber and non-timber based on indigenous communities.