Experts claim that 450 dams can destroy one third of the world’s freshwater fishes in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong basins, where live 4000 species of freshwater fishes live.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Land with law, without law: Dynamics of hunting practice in Brazilian Amazon
Biologist investigates the hunting practice dynamic in the Amazon and find a proper regulatory universe. The data are important for official agencies or regulate properly the practice.
In Peru, complaints of illegal logging are sent via social networks
The National Forest and Wildlife Service of that country is implementing a platform for receiving complaints through social networks and direct contacts: Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, email, web and cell phone.
Indigenous people integrate technology in monitoring and protecting its territory
Loggers open roads in lands of Ka’apor indigenous people and advance over the forest in search of noble species of wood, which cubic meter processed and exported can reach the value of up to 1,300 euros.
Project to record indigenous ancestral knowledge in Madre de Dios, Peru
The project aims to document the ancestral knowledge of indigenous communities, so it does not lose on the time and to be protected.
Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams
The extreme long term wildlife harm caused by the Babina dam, built in 1986, offers a cautionary ecological tale for 43 proposed Tapajós River Basin dams.
Government subsidizes 43% of Belo Monte hydroelectric equipment, Brazil
The larger work in building of Brazil, the Belo Monte dam, received a billion dollars of financing from BNDES for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Of this total, 43.2% will be paid by taxpayers.
El Niño vs. the Amazon: researchers worry Brazil is not prepared
They stress the need for global leaders to address the growing problem of tropical forest fires, to both protect wildlife habitat and improve public health.