The Munduruku began the self-demarcation process in its territory after years without Indigenous National Foundation (Funai) response.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
In Brazil deforestation in the Amazon is growing still with economic recession
Data compiled by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), shown clearcutting of forests in the Amazonian states rose by 16% between August 2014 and July 2015. The total of deleted forests is 5831 km2.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 16% in one year
Deforestation rose 16% between August last year in July this year, compared with the period August 2013 to July 2014. Were shot down 5,831 km².
Deforestation in Colombia up nearly 20 % last year, but down in Colombian Amazon
Some 45 percent of 2014 deforestation occurred in the Amazon, while another 24 percent was in the Andes region.
Brazilian hydroelectric Belo Monte receives operating license
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted on Tuesday (24) the environmental license for the Belo Monte dam to begin operation in Para State.
Documentary The Ashes of Belo Monte – Repórter Brasil
Documentary follows the deforestation made by Belo Monte to clean the area to be flooded. Trees are burnt irregularly and plant wastes hundreds of logs.
Plants that gave light to the villages of the Amazon rainforest in Peru
Peruvian university created efficient energy-saving lamps (300 lumens), made from plants that help illuminate New Saposoa community in the Amazon of Peru.
Actualidad Ambiental won Peruvian Journalism Award with “The Golden Routes”
Actualidad Ambiental obtained the prize for Best Journalistic Camera due to work done in the web documentary The Golden Routes, led by journalist and director Audrey Cordova.
More than half of tree species of the Amazon at risk of extinction
Research compares information from research plots along the Amazon with maps of current and projected deforestation to estimate how many species have disappeared and where.[:]
Man who denounced illegal miners in Peru was assassinated
Man who constantly denounced illegal miners that invaded their property located at kilometer 95 of the Interoceanic Highway in La Pampa, Madre de Dios, was killed.