Publication shows common elements of illegal mining in the six countries analyzed: protected areas, uncontrolled use of substances harmful to health, and situations of child labor, forced labor, trafficking and exploitation.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Half of the environmentalists deaths in the world occurred in Brazil
Ranking held in 35 countries accounted for 908 murders between 2002 and 2013. In Brazil, 448 people were killed for defending the environment.
Legal logging concessions drive illegal logging in Peru
Nearly 70% of “officially inspected” logging concessions in Peru have had their permits canceled or are under investigation for major breaches of forestry laws, finds a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
IPS: Deforestation in the Andes triggers an Amazon “Tsunami”
Deforestation, especially in the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, was the main driver of this year’s disastrous flooding in the Madeira river watershed in Bolivia’s Amazon rainforest and the drainage basin across the border, in Brazil.
The New York Times: Losing ground and space in the Amazon
A global forest mapping system developed by a team of scientists from the University of Maryland, Google and the United States government is now able to pinpoint exactly where and at what rate deforestation is occurring around the world.
Penn State: Drought and fire lead to sharp increases in forest tree mortality
Over the course of our experiment, 60 percent of the trees died with combined drought and repeated fire.
El Mundo.es: Gold miners are threatening the Colombian Amazon
In the Caquetá River, a tributary of the Amazon, are already sixty five dredges to extract gold from its funds. Their way of working, with no respect for nature, is changing the ancient customs of the riparian peoples.
Ecuador will have referendum on fate of Yasuni after collect 700,000 signatures
Activists needed to gather half a million signatures, but collected over 100,000 more to make sure the results wouldn’t be invalidated.
Avina: Jungle Fever: The Amazon and climate change
In special edition of Ecuador Terra Incognita magazine, specialists published an extensive article on relationship between Amazon and climate change.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in 2013
2.256 square miles of rain forest were deforested in the “Legal Amazonia” between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013.