After remove invaders of Indigenous Marãiwatsédé, it’s time to learn to live peacefully with different socioeconomic models.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Belo Monte will remove 2,000 families in two months in Altamira
To circumvent delays and obey the new Belo Monte plant’s construction schedule, Norte Energia dealership will remove in the next two months more than 2,000 families of the areas that will be flooded.
Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe
Land demarcation of Sawré Muybu is seen as a hindrance by the government, which plans to build seven power plants in the Tapajós River basin.
El Deber: More water comes to Cobija, en Bolivia, and there are 3,200 affected
It is expected that in the next 72 hours down the flow of the river Acre, that on Monday reached 14 meters, beating the flood recorded in 2012.
With flooding, families are forced to leave home in Acre, Brazil
In Assis Brasil, border with Peru, the Acre River overflowed. Within 24 hours, the rain volume exceeded the expected for the entire month of February.
BBC: Brazil Amazon: Drone to scan for ancient Amazon
Scientists are to scan the Amazon forest in Brazil to look for evidence of occupation by ancient civilisations. A drone will be sent up with a laser instrument to peer through the canopy for earthworks that were constructed thousands of years ago.
Continues the rain in Cobija and major flooding is feared
The governor of Pando said municipalities Bolpebra, Porvenir and Cobija are on red alert by the overflowing of the Acre River. There are 5 neighborhoods flooded in Cobija city.
Institute investigates carbon sequestration in forests of Ucayali
The Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon, IIAP, conducted a study on the estimation of carbon storage in forests of bamboo, in the Bufeo Pozo Native Community.
The wounds of Pluspetrol oil company in the Peruvian Amazon
After 15 years of oil exploitation and six months before of the end of its contract, Pluspetrol fight in court for not paying millions in fines by environmental violations.
Nine countries in Latin America to protect the Amazon of climate change
Nine countries in the Amazon region came together to to face the effects of climate change through the “Regional Project to support the Amazon Vision 2018”.