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.
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MAAP: New gold mining border in Amazonas region, Peru
Satellite images confirm that mining is causing deforestation along river Santiago, entering the forests of the region.
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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.
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Documentary about social-environmental impact of dams on the Madeira river
In the film there are testimonies of people who suffered human rights violations, in addition to unemployment, and forced eviction without compensation of families whose areas were flooded by the dams.
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Peruvian oil company confirms a new oil spill in Loreto
Petroperú confirms that there is a new oil spill in Loreto, making it the third major oil spill by Petroperú this year.
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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.
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Scientists and conservationists analyze impacts and challenges in Amazon Basin
Specialists present results on fisheries, watershed management, environmental pollution, carbon storage and biodiversity in the Amazon.
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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.
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From Peru: A critical look to the future of the Amazon basin
Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society warns that the construction of a series of hydroelectric dams could affect 30 million people in the Amazon.
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Our impact in the Amazon is even greater than imagined
Efforts to conserve tropical species will not succeed if we do not take into consideration the control of the most common disorders caused by man: logging, forest fires, among others. By Thiago Medaglia, Photo by Flavio Forner