President of the Superior Court of Madre de Dios replaced a judge related to illegal mining by another on equal terms.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
New lizard species is discovered in the Manu National Park, Peru
In Peru’s Manu National Park, an amphibian was discovered, the Potamites erythrocularis, that has succeeded in adapting to relatively high and low temperatures.
Los Tiempos: Madera River dams included within 5 with severe impact on the environment
Hydroelectric plants on the Madeira River, between Bolivia and Brazil, are included in five Latin American experiences with involvement and consequences for the environment and human rights, says study.
AIDESEP: PROINVERSIÓN was sued for failing to prior consultation
PROINVERSIÓN did not conduct the consultation process to Kukamas peoples on draft waterway on Amazon rivers Marañón, Ucayali and Amazonas, in Peru.
Chadín II hydroelectric project would be environmentally and socially unsustainable
Specialist said that project would displace thousand people to flood an area of 3,250 hectares. It also regrets that there are not studies about alternative uses of the area, such as tourism.
La Primera: Civil society calls for more control of BNDES financing
Civil society calls for the transparency of report of South American investments with capital of the Brazilian bank.
Report reveals that fish from the Moronacocha lagoon are not apt for human consumption
A report of the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) reveals that the water of the Moronaocha lagoon (Loreto) has coliform bacteria above the permissible limit, because the drain of all the neighboring waterways lead into this lake.
De Olho no Tempo: Brazilian media ignores climate tragedy in Bolivia
Brazilian media prefers to show minimized effects that residents of Acre and Rondônia are living, to encompass on their agendas the possible guilt of a government that has had years of environmental study for with current reality.
Fobomade: Negotiating the flood?? Jirau dam in the waterfall of hell
Consortium won the tender Jirau dam offering lower energy price, but few days later announced that it would change the project site, with which it obtained the environmental license without specific studies.
El Deber: Brazil comes to justice by dams and Bolivia is waiting
Public Ministry and Rondonia lawyers submitted a legal action against Jirau and San Antonio. They are accused of causing flooding. In Bolivia notes that no supervision.