Madre de Dios also has over 500 species of birds, over 1000 species of butterflies and 151 species of dragonflies.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Mi Putumayo: Commercial fishing of consumption in middle Putumayo
Over the past three decades have been marketed through the ports of Asís and Leguízamo 4,250 tonnes of fish, for the latter town, during the period 1985-2010, have mobilized 3,409 tons.
Sol de Pando: French consortium of Jirau destroys indigenous territories
Jirau dam threatens to destroy vast areas of land, of which many indigenous peoples depend for their survival, including several groups of uncontacted indigenous.
Inside Climate News: Brazil and the battle against deforestation
INPE first looked into tracking deforestation in the mid-1970s, at the request of a government agency that still saw deforestation as a measure of progress.
The Guardian: Spotting river dolphins in Bolivian rivers
The bufeo (river dolphin) is a creature of myth, but you’re pretty much guaranteed a sighting on a river cruise in Bolivia’s north-eastern wetlands on the edge of the Amazon basin.
The Guardian: Brazil’s ‘chainsaw queen’ takes on environmentalists
Outside the political hothouse of Brasilia, there are probably few who can name the head of Brazil’s powerful agricultural lobby, yet the woman in question, Kátia Abreu, is rapidly becoming the country’s most interesting, important – and dangerous – politician.
The Guardian: More than 400 dams planned for the Amazon and headwaters
Rainforest under threat from a “hydrological experiment of continental proportions” as well as oil, gas and mining, says report.
Gestión.pe: Amazon fishing falls 54% due to climate change and deforestation
Because of different activities outside the law, but also by natural anomalies, fishing in the rivers of the Amazon has been reduced considerably, according to local authorities.
Miners federation states that ban is “abuse of power”
In operation in Huepetuhe were destroyed 15 backhoes, 45 water engines and nine dredges. The equipment was valued at $ 20 million.
Research evidences bad practices in Amazon forest concessions
Study says timber forest concessions in Peru are enabling predation on species such as mahogany and cedar in the Amazon.