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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Juruena National Park receives floating base
The floating base can be taken by small boats and reach various points of the protected area.
Brazil to protect Amazon activists threatened with murder
At least 131 people to receive some form of protection after series of assassinations in tussle over land and resources.
Indigenous group: Brazil using military to force Amazon dams
An Amazonian community has threatened to “go to war” with the Brazilian government after what they say is a military incursion into their land by dam builders.
Ministry of Environment will recognize thirteen new private conservation areas
This April 9, the Ministry of Environment will recognize the efforts and commitments of the holders of thirteen private conservation areas in Peru.
Yi Yanguang is investigated by Environmental Prosecutors from Cusco
There is a investigation into the Environmental Prosecutor Cusco by environmental crime for trafficking machinery intended for illegal mining.
Madre de Dios: Employees are trained in environmental management
The aim is to strengthen the capacity of employees and professionals in the region in relation to the regulatory framework the National System of Assessment and Environmental Control.
Maranhão: Villages seek solutions to get out of poverty
Indigenous want support to produce and avoid invasions.
In Maranhão state, indigenous areas are decimated by loggers
In the rhythm of devastation, neither the indigenous escape. The state has already lost 70% of the native forest.
Defined criteria for regularization of lands in conservation units
Concession will allow traditional populations of conservation units of sustainable use, obtain credits for development projects farming and extractivism.