Surui indigenous explain to their “relatives” of the Xingu as REDD+ mechanism carbon credit sales plans can help traditional populations to financially exploit their land without destroying the forest.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Kakury, the entrepreneurial craft of Sateré-Mawé women
The Sateré-Mawé are indigenous people from the lower Amazon region and inventors of guarana culture, Amazonian fruit that was benefited by them, giving rise to the drink that is known worldwide.
Ollanta Humala about Lot 192: community claims are legitimate
The Peruvian president said that the claims of native communities in the basin of the Tigre, Pastaza and Corrientes rivers, which require prior consultation before the exploitation of Lot 192, are “legitimate”.
Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation
The Norwegian government has fulfilled its billion dollar commitment to Brazil for the South American country’s success in reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Police located farmers and says that they were tortured by loggers
To find in the act of illegal logging, the farmers were beaten with rifle butts on the back and head and forced to undress.
Cusco – Increasing deforestation driven by coca and gold mining
In MAAP #14 we take our first detailed look at the region of Cusco. The city of Cusco is of course well known as the former capital of the Inca empire and current gateway to Machu Picchu, but the greater Cusco region is a vast area including large tracts of Amazon forest. Here, we focus […]
In the Bolivian Amazon 45,000 people are engaged in illegal gold mining
Illegal mining is expanding in the Amazon, also in Bolivia, causing deforestation, water and air contamination, in addition to human trafficking and labor exploitation.
Bolivia: Operation against illegal gold mining in Pando
The operation was conducted in the Madre de Dios River. The activities did not have authorization, so that did not contribute to the state and only contaminated water
Brazilian police investigate disappearance of four farmers supposed agrarian conflict
The disappeared people were working on opening a path in the woods within a settlement when they encountered loggers cutting down trees on public land.
The Matsés, last shamans of the Amazon forest to resist a transnational
The Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales, from Soros Group, will open hundreds of seismic lines in over 700 square kilometers of virgin forest on this indigenous territory, in the border between Peru and Brazil.