The agreements include the toxicological evaluation of Belén de Plantanoyacu and Sion communities, in the Corrientes River, Loreto region.
Mining
Stories on “Mining“
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Illegal settlements are those who most deforestat the Amazon
Cross-checking shows relationship between fraud and failures in the performance of Brazilian Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) and the intensification of social conflicts and deforestation in the Amazon.
Indigenous women face the climate crisis: Stewards of the forest and life
Video reveals situation of indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon and their proposals in the regions of San Martin, Ucayali and Central Forest.
Indigenous organizations defend rights of indigenous in voluntary isolation
The Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Peru makes a public complaint against the National Service of Protected Areas of Peru (SERNANP) for violations and breach of agreements.
Birds fled forest fires in Viruá park, state of Roraima, Brazil
In a desperate move the birds, many endangered, sought refuge in the city of Caracaraí.
Brazil’s Congress moves ahead to end nation’s environmental safeguards
Constitutional amendment would abolish current federal requirements for environmental assessments of public works projects, such as Amazon dams.
Indigenous and forest community tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil
Leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru are in London to call for action on human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil.
Colombia: “Oil and mining have no place in La Macarena”
The director of Amazon Institute of Scientific Studies Sinchi speaks of the management plan for La Macarena, which sought to prevent the deterioration of the area and show the effects of mining.
The shrinkage of the Amazon forest: the size of the damage
‘Nexo’ prepared a series of comparisons to put into perspective the numbers that involve deforestation in the region