Initiative of the Mamirauá Institute and partners helps to measure pressures of the typical Amazon biome, ranging from urbanization to livestock.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Three manatees have been rescued in the Amazon state, Brazil, this year
And this is not good news because it means that the animal removed from the free-living has little chance of returning to live in nature.
Can Peru stop ‘ethical chocolate’ from destroying the Amazon?
NGOs allege illegal deforestation of primary rainforest to plant cacao and oil palm, in Tamshiyacu, Loreto region, Peru.
El Bala hydroelectric project in Bolivia, would generate 4,000 MW
Bala dam in the Bolivian Amazon threatens the Madidi National Park and Biosphere Reserve and Indigenous Territory Pilon Lajas. Hydropower is a priority for Evo Morales’ government.
Photos: expedition to Amazon’s white sands may have found new primate
Most people think of the Amazon rainforest as a huge and homogenous ecosystem. However, within the Amazon rainforest lie a myriad of distinct ecosystems, sporting unique characteristics and harboring endemic species.
The river tsunami that enchants, devastates and frightens in Acre, Brazil
While the southeast is distressed with water reservoirs in critical condition, the state of Acre, in the far west of the country, lives totally opposite reality. With the historic full, the height of the river Acre passed his own record
Loreto: Exploitation of açai in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
The first contract of sustainable use of huasai -small round fruit of Amazon palm that surprises for its nutritional properties- was signed in Loreto.
Colombia: Cosigo, the beginning of mining in the Amazon
Mining rights for Canadian company Cosigo Resources on Vaupes have generated a series of local conflicts by being in areas where small miners worked, and another within the Yaigojé-Apaporis National Park.
InfoAmazonia carry out workshops with communities in Tapajós River region
Rede InfoAmazonia project began operations for monitoring of water quality with three workshops with riverside communities in two cities in the Brazilian Amazon. The next step is to install inexpensive sensors created by the project.
Small miners and Canadian mining company dispute Belo Monte gold
The Canadian company Belo Sun, which has no relationship with the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, wants to turn the place in the largest gold exploration project in Brazil.