Decision determines that Funai must finalize all demarcation process within two years. The process has dragged on since 2007.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Phys: Extreme events helps scientists to study Amazon climate change
Extreme weather events are giving scientists an opportunity to make observations that will allow them to predict the impacts of climate change and deforestation on Amazon River wetlands.
How Brazilian Taxpayer Money Finances Construction Projects in the Amazon
About 44% of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) funds is completely dark.
Diário de Cuiabá: Mato Grosso may open park surroundings to extractive activities
Maneuver led by the Government of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, can open the park surroundings to the dams, power lines, pastures and mining areas.
Illegal mining: Reflections to confront the problem in Peru
Recently, amidst manifestations by miners in process of formalization, media reports, and debates on the subject, a trend has emerged in favor of finding a comprehensive and lasting solution that will end illegal mining.
InfoRegión: Damage of illegal mining in Peru can be seen from space
Images from Google Earth and NASA taken at 700 km altitude show how the region has been pillaged.
ClearWater: Map highlights efforts to bring clean water to communities in Ecuador
Digital Democracy has partnered with the ClearWater Project to create a cutting edge interactive map that tells the story of indigenous communities of the Ecuadorean Amazon. Following years of oil contamination, local leaders have banded together to build rainwater catchment systems as a source of clean drinking water. The map brings together photographs, stories and […]
WWF: Bolivia and Acre exchange knowledge on combating deforestation
This is the second technical exchange event with the Bolivians in the state of Acre. As a next step, the Bolivian government invited the Acre government to discuss the possible implementation of joint climate change mitigation and adaptation activities, which also involve curbing deforestation.
Brief tree lives are linked to the Amazon biodiversity
According to a new study headed by Tim Baker and published in the journal Ecology Letters, short durations between tree generations strongly correlate to highly biodiverse clades.
Madeira river floods will remain for 55 days, says researcher
Are two large basins influencing the Madeira River flood: the basin of Beni river, in Bolivia, and its tributary Madre de Dios river, in Peru. They are also the Mamore river, in Bolivia, and Guapore river in Mato Grosso.