A Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA) ampliou e consolidou a parceria com o InfoAmazonia, que já há dois anos trabalha no monitoramento comunitário e de baixo custo da qualidade da água na região amazônica
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Indigenous leaders react to possible demarcations revision in Temer government
The Brazilian interim government of President Michel Temer, who took over after the departure of Dilma Rousseff, complete one month on June 12 without setting an agenda for indigenous peoples of the country.
They want to prove that the Madidi is the most biodiverse in the world
The Identity Madidi scientific project seeks more data on the ecosystem of the park. In six study sites 900 vertebrate species and 627 butterflies were recorded.
New dams on Madeira River floods cause deforestation
The Monitoring Andean Amazon Project presents a new map describing the loss of forest. More than 36,100 hectares of forest have been lost because of flooding by dams, especially the Jirau dam.
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon rose in May, but accumulated shows fall
Imazon bulletin shows that accumulated deforestation is 10% lower than the same period last year, despite the increase recorded in the last 4 months.
Petroperú apologizes to communities for oil spills in the Amazon
After spilling 3000 barrels of oil in Cuninico, Petroperú apologized to the indigenous communities affected in a public hearing for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Amazon Waters Conference: To conserve is necessary to jump borders
The importance of conservation actions cross borders is recognized in international commitment signed in Peru
BNDES: bank provides millions to tame the wild waters of South America
The Brazilian development bank is investing heavily in a plan to build huge hydraulic dams in the Amazon and throughout South America.
Peru: The brazen serpent that is poisoning the Amazon
Recent report finds pollution levels caused by oil spills in the northeastern Amazon region of Peru: has been found mercury and cadmium in the blood and urine of people of Cuninico and San Pedro (Loreto)
Peruvian won the National Geographic award for Leaders in Conservation
Victor Zambrano has been nominated for this global society as an “anonymous leader conservation” because of his environmental education work with children of Madre de Dios region.