According to the site, the Amazon forest has shrunken since 1984 in an accelerated way to create space for land for agriculture and livestock.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Environmental education can save the Pied tamarin
Specie unique to Amazon, the Pied tamarin continues in to top the list of endangered animals.
Protestors leave Belo Monte, but keeps mobilization in Altamira
Indigenous ask the presence of the minister to negotiate their rights in the process of consulting traditional people concerning hydroelectric projects
New round of oil bids in the Amazon: Ecuador between extractive and conservatism
Indigenous Ecuadorians and environmentalists reject the oil round.
Continued deforestation in the Amazon may kill Brazil’s agricultural growth
This activity could undermine agricultural productivity in the region by reducing rainfall and boosting temperatures.
Just a signature to protect the Amazon
Colombia could have on the Amazon one of the largest natural parks in the world.
Egasul intends to resume Inambari hydroelectric project, according denounces
According to leaders in the area, workers of the Brazilian company make various offerings to the residents in return for support for the project.
Ministry of Culture said do not issued EIA technical opinion in Block 88
The ministry requires extensive work to gather first-hand updated information on the vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact Situation inhabiting the Kugapakori Reserve that could be affected.
Madre de Dios: President of the Superior Court of Justice would be involved in illegal mining
TV story denounced president of the Superior Court of Justice would be involved in illegal mining that takes place within the Tambopata Reserve.
Premier announced the creation of a High Commissioner against illegal mining
The announcement was made after a complaint to the President of the Court of Justice of Madre de Dios would be in collusion with illegal miners carry out their activities in the Tambopata National Reserve.