Police action ended with the seizure of 6,200 Aruanã ‘white’ fingerlings within the Amazon. Two suspected of carrying out environmental crime were detained during the operation.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
A promising initiative to address deforestation in Brazil at the local level
The history of the Brazilian Amazon has long been marked by deforestation and degradation. Until recently the situation has been considered out of control. Then, in 2004, the Brazilian government launched an ambitious program to combat deforestation. http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/13/0227verissimo239
Head of Sernanp: Ministry of Energy does not want Serra do Divisor to become National Park
The head of the National Service of Protected Natural Areas indicated that the only ministry that opposes the Divisor Reserved Zone to be categorized as National Park is the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Palm oil company destroys 7,000 ha of Amazon rainforest in Peru
A palm oil producer has leveled some 7,000 hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, highlighting the risks of oil palm expansion in the world’s largest tropical forest, reports El Comercio.
Madre de Dios: Regional Government and MEM will strengthen formalization process mining
The Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Government of Mother of God signed a management agreement to strengthen the process of formalization of miners.
Vanguardia: In the Amazon there are 66 species of plants in danger of extinction
According to scientists at the Sinchi Amazon Institute of Scientific Research who perform the inventory of the flora of the Colombian Amazon, about 66 plant species are close to extinction.
The challenge of putting Brazil’s forests in good hands
People often associate Brazil with its forests. It’s no wonder given that nearly 60% of the country’s territory is covered by forests. You might assume that a country like this would care about educating people to sustainably manage this heritage. Well, you’d be wrong!
Can saving forests help feed the world?
As world population climbs from 7 to a projected 9 billion people and emerging and developing economies demand ever more of the food and fiber that drive deforestation, many environmentalists ask with increasing urgency whether and how tropical forests can survive.
Gold: Small mining and mercury threaten Guyana
A number between 15 and 20 thousand miners are responsible for all the gold production in the country, using methods that poisoned wildlife and people. ,
The long return of the Spix’s Macaw to Brazil
Arrival of females from Germany is an important step to increase the population of birds and create conditions for reintroduction into the wild.