Controls on fuels in the Madre de Dios region will only damage illegal mining activities according to High Commissioner Daniel Urresti.
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Increase in deforestation in the Amazon in 2013: a point off the curve or out of control?
After falling consistently since 2006, deforestation of the Amazon in 2013 grew by 28%. Organizations analyze the situation.
Loreto: operation against the commercialization of contaminated fish
Police and environmental organizations conducted operations in areas of high risk of contamination in Iquitos, where illegal activities take place.
Kukama people expects confirmation of impacts on Marañón basin
Indigenous will know the results of environmental monitoring conducted to evaluate the consequences of over forty years of oil operations in the area.
Spill on Block 67 contradicts renewal extractive activity
With a month of delay, the Perenco company confirmed its first oil spill last December, in the Loreto region, contradicting the Peruvian president, who called Perenco’s work as “the renewal of extractive activity in the region”
Expansion of Camisea project violates rights and threatens lives
Project would be about to be approved after the January 13, 2014 Pluspetrol responded to the last three “observations” pending.
Forest concession holders in Madre de Dios about to be invaded by illegal miners
People with concessions for reforestation filmed illegal miners trying to invade concessions.
The artisanal miners in Tambopata want their forest back
In Manuani in the Madre de Dios region, residents are reforesting the desert left behind by illegailty.
Spectacular new beetle discovered in French Guiana
A new bi-colored beetle was discovered in the lowland rainforest of French Guiana.
BNDES ‘hidden’ data to regulatory agencies
In Brazil, the Federal Audit Body uncovered the means used by BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) to avoid revealing its data.