COP Initiative led by Mexico will have $ 365 million to fund restoration areas in Latin America. Brazil missed out.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Indigenous lands and protected areas store carbon in the Amazon
Study released in COP20 in Lima, maintains that Amazon countries make commitments to avoid carbon emissions and preserve natural areas.
Until finally Brazilian government publishes data on deforestation
First there was a breaking of the month by month publishing rule of official data of deforestation alerts. And now there is an increase of 171%.
Mamirauá: jaguars that survive in the flooded forest
Research of Mamirauá Institute shows that these animals are able to live in the flooded forests during the months of full water in the Amazon.
Globo.com: The crimes that led to ‘Operation Xilófagos’ in Roraima, Brazil
Brazil’s federal police conducted the ‘Xilófagos’ operation on the morning of Thursday the 18th. They were investigating environmental crimes committed in the capital and in the interior of Roraima, Brazil.
The Nation: Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future?
In July of this year, a pipeline ruptured near an upriver tributary of the Aguarico, just above Dureno. The spill, an estimated 16,000 barrels, spread for almost a hundred miles down through the precious 600,000-hectare Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, as far as Zabalo.
The Guardian: Belo Monte, Brazil – tribes living in the shadow of a megadam
Next year the Belo Monte dam will flood vast swathes of Amazon rainforest. Indian tribes living on the river have lost their fight to halt the project – now they await the floods that threaten their entire way of life.
Rolling Stone: Murder of activists in the Amazon Rainforest
The situation is especially bad in the northwest Amazon. News of José Antún’s death in Ecuador follows the September killing of four Peruvian indigenous anti-logging activists near the Brazil border.
First Jatta Wöötanö Organizational Meeting in Boca de Ninchare, Venezuela
“When we have Internet we do not need to leave the community. I am particularly at ease when we have good connection. I am informed and in touch with the world,” says the chief of a community.
In UN Conference, Brazil announces help to countries with deforestation
In Lima, Peru, during COP 20, the Brazilian government and BNDES presented a plan to implement monitoring systems in partnership with the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO).