In addition to maintaining the integrity of the forest, it is necessary to initiate a comprehensive process of recovering what has been destroyed.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Andina: Citizens’ campaign “Amazon Heart of the World” will be launched
On December 8 will be launched the campaign to unite all the voices of the Pan-Amazon about knowledge, the reasons for their conservation and sustainable use of Amazonian ecosystems, and biological and cultural diversity.
ICAA: Draft law to recognition of surveillance and environmental monitoring
The work of environmental monitors is critical for avoiding deforestation in the Amazon, as a vital action to combat climate change.
La Prensa: Countries agree actions to preserve life in the Amazon
Eight countries joined the Amazon Regional Vision project that seeks to increase resilience to climate change and maintain the provision of goods and services in the Amazon, with an investment of 5.2 million euros.
Gestión: Deforestation in Peruvian Amazon affects about 1.5 million hectares
The loss of forest cover in Peru Indigenous Territories in June 2014 corresponds to 18.5% of all deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
The Brazilian government is known to retard deforestation numbers
((o))eco investigated the release dates of the numbers of deforestation in the Amazon. The conclusion is that the government tends to be irregular.
“We have to stop deforestation now,” says Antonio Nobre
According to him, a large tree in the Amazon evaporates over a thousand liters of water per day. With this, the total evaporation of water in the region reaches 20 billion tons, an amount higher than the flow of the Amazon River.
El Comercio: “The Amazon is a cultural park and not just natural”
Many landscapes that we think natural could be something more: spaces with a cultural legacy, modified by humans thousands of years ago.
Diario La Primera: The Amazon affected by deforestation
Between 2001 and 2010, over 1 million 415 thousand hectares of the Peruvian Amazon were deforested, of that total, only 25% are indigenous territories and protected areas.
Candidate for president of Madre de Dios is accused of conducting illegal mining
According to a report in the TV show Cuarto Poder, the candidate Luís Otsuka has mining concessions and among them is one that covers the territory of the native community Tres Islas and Playa Alta, where mining is not allowed.