Wildfires are raging through the Brazilian Amazon, destroying vast areas of forest on the eastern fringes of the “earth’s lungs”. Isolated indigenous suffer even more.
Monthly Archives: December 2015
To defend their territory, indigenous people receive training from Google
Indigenous and traditional communities of the Brazilian Amazon will be trained by Google Earth to use new digital technologies for cultural zoning and mapping of their territory in the search for their conservation.[:]
Amazon deforestation increased 28% last year
The rate of destruction of the Amazon has been falling since 2004, year in which disappeared almost 28 000 km2 of forest area. Over the past four years, the destroyed area was always reducing, until last year.
Amazonas operation: the history of the largest seizure of illegal timber
A millionaire confiscation of timber in the port of Iquitos, Amazon of Peru. Prosecutors immobilized 1,312 cubic meters valued at over $ 470,000, which were destined for US and Mexico.
Attacks without end to Manoki Indigenous Land, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil
In a demonstration of audacity, loggers reconstructed bridge over the river of Sangue, used to illegally drain logs from IT Manoki.
Indigenous carry their knowledge about climate change to the COP 21
At an event held in COP 21, indigenous from the Upper Rio Negro and the Xingu Indigenous Park, both in Brazil, spoke of their perceptions about the changes in time and environment.
Governor of San Martin: “Our goal is zero deforestation in 2021”
In the COP21, the governor of Region San Martin, in Peru, stressed that the region achieved a reduction of about 50% of deforestation, and they expect reach the goal of zero deforestation.
At UN Summit, indigenous launch calendar with climate cycles
Indigenous from Tiquié River, in Brazilian state of Amazonas, presented a research that identifies cycles of fishing, hunting and crops. The cycles are related to other factors such as the water cycle and astronomical constellations.