Brazil, Peru and Colombia all have major holdings in Amazonia, and all have diverging policies that have had varying success in curbing deforestation.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Sierra del Divisor: New logging road threatens Northern section of proposed Park
Here we show how the construction of a new logging road threatens the northwest section of the current Reserved Zone. New high-resolution images reveal that the construction of this logging road has continued to expand in 2015.
RAISG: Deforestation in the Amazon from 1970 to 2013
The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) reveals in a recent publication that the loss of original forest cover of the Amazon rainforest decelerated between 2000 and 2013 relative to the 1970-2000 period.
Exclusive: Journalist traveled to Ecuador to investigate secret oil road in Yasuni
In an exclusive investigation, journalist traveled to an oil concession deep in the Amazon rainforest, into Ecuador‘s Yasuní National Park, to film an illegal access road, the existence of which Ecuador’s government has denied.