Research shows that protected areas help to stabilize the flow of the river and that climate change reduced rainfall.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
The American financier accused of deforestation in Peru
Dennis Melka is identified as financier of a network of 25 companies that have purchased hundreds of properties in the Peruvian Amazon, according to the report by the Environmental Investigation Agency organization.
Journey through the Caquetá River, the border of oblivion
Brazilian and Colombian scientists team who study the situation of dolphins in the rivers of South America traveled 750 kilometers of Caquetá river for 17 days, from its mouth in the Amazon river in Brazil until Cahuinarí National Park in Colombia.
A decade of forest deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
The latest statistics from National Forest Programme of Peru -analyzed by the data team of OjoPúblico- estimate that between 2003 and 2013 Peru lost 1’306.507 hectares of Amazonian forests.
Carnegie Institute: 250,000 people are exposed to mercury contamination
Not only people are affected, as the flora and fauna are other victims of this metal, mainly in the Amazon
Funeral urns of indigenous origin have human forms
Rural community residents in the Amazon found funerary urns of indigenous origin that present human forms. The objects reveal information about the burial ceremonies of indigenous population in the region.