Killings of environmental protesters, often indigenous people fighting to protect land, on the rise with 2015 likely to have been the deadliest year on record.
Ativistas ambientais assassinados em 2014
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The Guardian: Violence and impunity in Brazil’s Amazon
One of the perpetrators of arguably Brazil’s most internationally high-profile murders in recent years is currently walking around free.
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Peru: What do the parties propose to prevent and resolve social conflicts?
According to the latest report of the Ombudsman, to January there have been 211 social conflicts nationwide, of which 147 are socio-environmental.
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Vale do Javari: Funai will not remove coordinator of office occupied by Matis
The protest continues in Atalaia do Norte. The natives are involved in conflicts that resulted in the deaths of two Matís and at least nine Korubo in 2014.
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Map of fires in Roraima: Number of hot spots broke record
InfoAmazonia map updated in real time with data from NASA reveals the concentration of heat sources in the State of Roraima, which borders Venezuela and Guyana
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Disappeared social activist was gunned down in Brazilian Amazon
Nilce Magalhães was a member of the Movement of People Affected by Dams in the state of Rondonia. She had been missing since 7 January.
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Grassroots leader’s murder in Peru is a signal to opponents of mining, son says
The murder—which coincides with the expansion of illegal gold mining into the Tambopata National Reserve in the Madre de Dios region— could frighten other opponents of mining into silence.
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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.
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Man who denounced illegal miners in Peru was assassinated
Man who constantly denounced illegal miners that invaded their property located at kilometer 95 of the Interoceanic Highway in La Pampa, Madre de Dios, was killed.