Study presents evidence that 30-year cycle for management of the Amazon is insufficient for forest recovery.
Deforestation
Stories on “Deforestation“
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Hotspot of deforestation in the central jungle of Peru (Huanuco)
By 2015, deforestation was calculated at 7,930 hectares (equivalent to 10,865 football fields) in the study area. The main driver would be pasture for cattle.
Evidence for the devastated Amazon and the new maneuver of Melka group
Maps and documents confirm that 92% of deforested land in Loreto by US company Melka were forest areas, which show illegal operations to plant cocoa.
Marcelândia: dividing frustrations with the Brazilian environmental agency
Follow an operation against deforestation in the municipality that occupies the 2nd place in the Mato Grosso list is be faced with smoke, degradation and little chance of finding the culprits
Forest degradation can have just as drastic an impact on biodiversity as deforestation
Deforestation has been the main objective of conversation strategies, but a new study in Nature finds that forest degradation, or the decline in the quality of forests, is also a major threat to biodiversity.
Brazilian police dismantles band loggers conducted from Sao Paulo
Operation reveals group sophistication that worketh deforestation and land grabbing for livestock and soybeans in southwestern Pará state.
Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its Amazon rainforest holdings
The Melka Group is planning to auction off its palm oil holdings in the Amazon. The group has been highly controversial due to its practices of deforestation and complaints by Peruvian courts.
Satellite imagery verify deforestation from illegal mining in the Amazon
Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) indicates that illegal mining activity continues to increase in the Santiago River, Amazonas region, although there are mining concessions.
Ironies that happen in Brazil: Army kills Olympics Mascot
The jaguar was the species chosen as a symbol of the Brazilian delegation. In Manaus, after being displayed in the parade of the Olympic torch, he ran and finished dead.