In the state of Pará, going to “largest project in the history of Vale” our team shows the region where everything “is, but is not taking” jobs, royalties and development.
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La Razón: Sécure, the river is dying
A group of 12 yuracare and mojeño trinitario indigenous men received a mission in January this year: go about 350 kilometers in an unexplored area of the Bolivian Amazon.
Attempt to reduce ecotourism concession of Ese’Eja Hell native community is stopped
Regional Government of Madre de Dios dismissed the request for exclusion of the agricultural area on the ecotourism concession
The New York Times: Swallowing Rain Forest, Cities Surge in Amazon
The surging population growth of cities in the jungle is alarming scientists, as an array of new industrial projects transforms the Amazon into Brazil’s fastest-growing region.
Madre de Dios: The devastating costs of the gold rush
In this region of Peru, the rise in the value of the yellow metal increased the number of illegal prospectors, causing damage to the environment and human health.
El Comercio: 794 oil spills in the northern Amazon
From this month Ecuadorians can know the impact of the oil industry in the provinces of Sucumbios and Orellana, in the northern Amazon.
Justice freezes hydroelectric license for San Luiz do Tapajós
Was determined to be made prior consultation to indigenous and integrated assessment of environmental impacts before any step.
Sounded the alarm by deforestation in the Amazon
The government is delaying the numbers, but according Imazon in October deforestation rose 377%.
Ecuavisa: Indigenous protest against oil contracts in the Amazon
The tender of five oil blocks in the Ecuadorian Amazon was postponed by the Government, face of resistance the natives of Pastaza and Morona Santiago.
Illegal mining of Chinese citizen expands of Madre de Dios to Huanuco
Chinese citizen accused in 2010 for crimes against the environment by illegal mining, would be expanding their illicit activity to Codo de Pozuzo (Huánuco).