Regional prior consultation law promoted by indigenous organizations of the Amazon is ready to be presented. Amazonian Center of Anthropology and Practical Application said the law will allow a more direct participation of indigenous peoples in decisions.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
G1: The Amazon is more resilient to climate change, says study
The Amazon forest is not as vulnerable to global warming as previously thought, because carbon dioxide (CO2) also works as fertilizer, according to research published in Nature magazine.
São Félix do Araguaia, a city for people
São Félix do Araguaia in Mato Grosso, is a town of 10,625 inhabitants. With one car for every 43 residents, São Félix is a small quiet town, full of bicycles, children playing and old men chating on the sidewalks.
Folha: Vale sells gold production in Pará and Canada for $1.9 billion
Vale decided to sell to the Canadian mining company Silver Wheaton the production of gold of Salobo mine in Pará and nickel in mines in Sudbury (Canada), in which the metal is a byproduct, by $ 1.9 billion.
Andina: Moyobamba inhabitants pay to preserve basin headwaters
The inhabitants of Moyobamba since three years ago paid a sol (Peruvian currency) in the water bill to fund projects to conserve and restore water sources.
The Ucayali Regional Environmental Authority was created
The Ucayali Regional Council created the Regional Environmental Authority as an institution that will allow the Regional Government manage efficiently the important forest resources and wildlife that constitute their natural forests.
The flooded forest of Mamirauá Reserve
Mamirauá Reserve, with high biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, is one of 11 Ramsar sites in Brazil.
Bolivia: New wetlands reserve with 7 million hectares
In the World Wetlands Day, the Bolivian Amazon gains a new Ramsar site, near Brazil and Madeira River hydroelectrics.
[:es]Conservación Privada: Herman Dantas
Nanci Dantas cares this piece of forest in honor of his brother and has made this place a paradise for those who want to blow their imagination.
La Hora: Amazon indigenous community resists the oil seduction
For Sani Isla community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, open the door to oil would mean better education and more income. However, the community has said no to the oil wells.