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Brazilian drug gang takes root in Peruvian Amazon

By Pamela Huerta and Ivan Brehaut 17 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

The notorious Brazilian gang Comando Vermelho has seized control of the cocaine trade in Peru’s Ucayali region.

The poorest narcos in the drug-trafficking chain

By Pamela Huerta and Bram Ebus 10 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

The poorest narcos in the trafficking chain risk even their own children to deliver drugs to criminal organizations.

Welcome to the Amazon Underworld

By Erico Rosa 3 de August de 202322 de September de 2023

The Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world, is also a source and transit point for illegally extracted jungle resources and narcotics. As criminal economies expand, violence and deforestation worsen

Trees in the western and southern Amazon are less likely to survive long periods of drought

By Patrícia Figueiredo 6 de July de 202311 de September de 2023

Study published in the journal ‘Nature’ sought to understand how different parts of the forest respond to drought. The research was led by a Brazilian scientist in partnership with 80 other authors and surveyed the conditions of 540 trees of 129 different species scattered across Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future

By Sibélia Zanon 21 de March de 202321 de March de 2023

According to a new study from RAISG, in just five years, the Amazon could lose almost half of what it lost in the past two decades.

A legacy of broken promises

By Barbara Fraser 27 de July de 202231 de July de 2022

Lindaura Cariajano Chuje scrambled up the riverbank and strode into the forest, following a path only she could see. A step ahead of her, a young man with a machete cleared the way as she gave instructions: A little to the left, a bit to the right, now straight ahead. It was a muggy morning […]

Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum

By Leandro Chaves 10 de March de 202210 de March de 2022

Scientists and residents of the Serra do Divisor National Park fear impacts of development on the unique biodiversity of the area between Brazil’s Acre state and Peru

Saweto’s daughter, from Peru, persists in her fight for justice

By 20 de October de 202024 de January de 2021

Diana Ríos Rengifo took on the defense of the Peruvian Amazon after the murder of her father, a well-known Asheninka leader in the fight against illegal loggers. The trees in Saweto, a community located near the Peruvian border with Brazil, are highly coveted on the market and are threatened by indiscriminate logging.

Attacks against environmental defenders continue during the COVID-19 crisis

By Gustavo Faleiros 23 de April de 202014 de September de 2020

At least six defenders of the environment have been killed in Latin American since 11 March, the date on which the pandemic was declared.

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Deforestation in the Amazon: past, present and future

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Welcome to the Amazon Underworld

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Brazilian drug gang takes root in Peruvian Amazon

17 de August de 2023

Proposed Brazil-Peru road through untouched Amazon gains momentum

10 de March de 2022

A legacy of broken promises

27 de July de 2022

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