From the Amazon to Rio Grande do Sul state, conflicts can encourage deforestation, mining and installation of mines in indigenous territories.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Gas company to drill in Manu National Park buffer zone, imperiling indigenous people
The Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into the buffer zone of the Manu National Park in the Amazon rainforest.
Illegal Mining: Operations decommissioned more than 8 thousand gallons of fuel
8,415 gallons of fuel were decommissioned and machinery used for illegal mining was destroyed in Madre de Dios.
Drought and fire are reducing ability of Amazon Rainforest to store carbon
New research published in Nature adds further evidence to the argument that drought and fire are reducing the Amazon’s ability to store carbon, raising concerns that Earth’s largest rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a carbon source.
Amazon rainforest does not ‘green up’ during the dry season
A study led by NASA scientist Doug Morton finds that earlier research concluding that photosynthesis increases in the Amazon during the dry season is based on faulty interpretation of satellite imagery.
Servindi: Andoas, a crude reflection of a wounded Amazon
Story shows the devastation caused by oil activity in the basins of the Pastaza, Corrientes and Tigre rivers in the Peruvian Amazon.
Madre de Dios districts were declared in emergency due to heavy rains
Peruvian government declared a state of emergency yesterday in various districts of the provinces of Tambopata, Manu and Tahuamanu, to perform immediate and necessary measures against the damage caused by the rains.
Amazon on the agenda
Carbon balance of the largest tropical forest on Earth depends on rainfall, says an article in ‘Nature’. In the same issue, new interpretations of satellite imagery explain ‘greening’ of the forest during the dry season.
Forest delicatessen
Amazonian biodiversity indicates that many species still unknown could be used in the food and gastronomy, but this potential is being lost by the continued process of forest destruction.
The Guardian: Lima talks should deliver first draft for 2015 climate deal, says Peru minister
Amazon country wants UN summit to steer the course for a binding global committment on carbon emissions.