Although Petroperu reported that no river in the area was contaminated, communities say the Marañón basin is contaminated, because “they noticed (the spill) when the fish were already dropping dead.”
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Vigilante Amazónico: Napo Committee decides on situation of the basin
The communities in the Napo River are suffering from floods and product of this, many families have had to move out of their communities. Yet there has been no government intervention on this situation.
Tribe in Amazon Rainforest makes first contact with outside world
An isolated indigenous tribe in the Amazon Rainforest has made its first contact with mainstream society, according to the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI.
Logging and Burning in Amazon Causes Annual Loss of 54 Million Tons of Carbon
“The impacts of timber extraction, burning and fragmentation have received little notice because all the efforts have been focused on preventing further deforestation,” says the study’s author Erika Berenguer.
Rising Voices micro-grants for participatory media in the Amazon
Next Friday, July 18, is the deadline for nominations to microgrants of the Rising Voices Amazonia Project, in order to support new voices of communities in the Amazon region using citizen media. Microfondos de Rising Voices para la Amazonía
Phys.org: Parts of the Amazon basin may have once looked more like open savannah
Findings have serious implications for understanding past climate change, and how the Amazon basin might react to more modern forest clearance.
The Wall Street Journal: Aerial images of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest
Mr. Baleia has sought to dismantle the idyllic, exotic image of the Amazon, where ”nature was untouched and people were living in harmony,” replacing it with graphic, aerial images of an eroded paradise.
InsideClimateNews: Prosecutor Takes on Beef Industry to Put Brakes on Deforestation
Combining local activism with the long arm of its federal prosecutor, the state of Pará advances a new model for combating deforestation.
El Colombiano: Video about environmental tragedy caused by FARC in Putumayo
Video shows the spillage of 4,180 barrels of oil caused the July 1 by the FARC near to Puerto Asis, Colombia. The Farc fighters stopped trucks carrying oil and spilled the on the road.
National Geographic: How Farming a Sacred Tea Can Help Save the Amazon
The Amazon’s Kichwa people are working with U.S. tea companies to turn guayusa farming into a profitable industry and a sustainable alternative to logging and fossil fuel extraction.