Illegal miners have expanded from Madre de Dios to Huánuco, according to El Comercio.
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La Razón: Debate over development in the Amazon
VI Pan-Amazon Social Forum takes place in the city of Cobija, in Bolivia, with representatives of the nine Amazonian countries.
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Madre de Dios is the region with higher fuel demand in Peru
The Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining reported that Madre de Dios region severely affected by informal mining, is the one with the highest fuel per capita consumption in Peru.
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Marina Silva: “It goes to ground” about work against deforestation
Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2008, said on Twitter that was lost a decade of combat deforestation in the Amazon.
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Bolivia: 1.8 million hectares of forest lost in 10 years
The expansion of agriculture is the main cause of deforestation. Protected areas and indigenous territories suffer deforestation.
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Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam
Brazil’s National Development Bank announced it has approved a $10.8 billion loan to the consortium that is building the Belo Monte dam.
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25% of territories of indigenous communities in the Andean Amazon of overlapping with lots of hydrocarbons
U.S. Department of Interior has this statement.
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Terra: The indigenous chief Raoni “is happy” to advocate for the Amazon in France
Brazilian indigenous chief advocated for the cause of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples in the presidential Elysee Palace in France.
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BBC: How illegal logging in Brazil’s Amazon turns ‘legal’
Despite tougher regulations, unscrupulous loggers are still finding ways to get timber out of the jungle and selling it as legally felled wood, locals say.
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Invasions in indigenous lands threaten sustainable fisheries project
Incursions of fishing boats attracted by increasing numbers of fish threatens pirarucú management of Paumari indigenous in Purus River.