Brazil, Peru and Colombia all have major holdings in Amazonia, and all have diverging policies that have had varying success in curbing deforestation.
Ativistas ambientais assassinados em 2014
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Ibama team is attacked and shot by illegal loggers in Maranhão, Brazil
An IBAMA inspection team was attacked by shot on October 16 by criminals who stole wood on Arariboia Indigenous Land in the municipality of Arame, in Maranhão. An agent was wounded.
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E-Book shows behavior of extractive industries in Peru
Book ‘Excesses unpunished’ brings reports with evidence and cases in the mining and oil sector in the country.
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Fires in Brazil: More smoke on the horizon of the Amazon
Twelve thousand spots registered: this is already the year with the highest number of fires detected in the state of Amazonas, from the start of series history, in 1998.
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The rescue of the shipibo world through Intercultural Bilingual Education
Learn about the work that do in Pucallpa Gamaniel Monteluisa, a Shipibo teacher and other teachers of these Amazonian people to maintain their language and traditions through the Intercultural Bilingual Education.
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Tacana indigenous say that Bolivian oil company “will kill” 17,000 chestnut trees
Indigenous peoples engaged in collecting chestnut denounced Bolivian oil company YPFB will kill 17,000 chestnut trees, with the possible oil exploration in its territory.
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National Geographic: A journey shows the threats over the Amazon
Journey into the Amazon region, where thousands of species live in a delicate balance that’s imperiled by logging, mining, agriculture, roadbuilding, oil, and gas drilling.
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Climate change: Global warming may triple drought in the Amazon
Computer models suggest that the Eastern Amazon, which contains most of the forest, would have more droughts, fires and death of trees, while the West would be rainy
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Since 2016 Peruvian banks will evaluate environmental risk to finance projects
The Superintendency of Banking and Insurance of Peru announced that from March 2016, banks will should assess the social and environmental risks before financing a project for further investment to $ 10 million.