Park rangers found six shelters made of palm trees, campfire remains and animal bones, in banks of Yurúa river, near to the Alto Purus National Park.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
From The Stone Age To The Digital Age In One Big Leap
the Surui are the most technology-savvy tribe in the Amazon. Their chief travels the world looking for partnerships to save the rainforest in the Surui’s reserve.
Zé Cláudio killers are sentenced to 40 years in prison
Two gunslingers were convicted for the death of the couple. But for lack of evidence, Justice acquitted accused of being the mastermind of the crime.
Prosecutor asks for suspension of police operation on indigenous lands
Authority appealed to suspend studies of Tapajós plants complex and compel government to hear the traditional people.
Government of Ecuador investigates attack between indigenous in the Amazon
The attack was among Huaorani indigenous and uncontacted group (in voluntary isolation) called taromenane near Yasuni National Park.
In 15 years, the institute increases stock in 447% of arapaima in the Amazon
Project for sustainable management helps preserve species in the Amazon. Traditional on the cuisine in the region, species can measure up to three meters.
Researchers discover transparent fish in the Amazon
With only 17 millimeters, new species was found in the Negro river.
25 years after Chico Mendes, killings in the Amazon are endemic
In Pará, 231 people were killed and 809 received death threats between 1996 and 2010, according to the NGO Pastoral Land Commission. In 2011, 78 died and 12 were threatened.
Fined company that poured oil on Negro River
Environmental agency fixed at US$ 300.000 punishment for leaking. Company was not licensed to unload product on private port.
Loreto: Residents exploit the buriti sustainably in the Pacaya Samiria Reserve
The project aims to transform the Buriti in oil in the Reserve, to reduce transportation costs and commercialization.