Proposal presents a special regime for the Amazon region of Bolivia that would implement special legislative protection for the development of this delicate and vulnerable watershed.
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Justice determines eviction of Bom Futuro forest
Decision taken in September determines the withdrawal of families who live in the place.
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A Crítica: Assisted fishing management yields two tonnes of arapaima to community members
The activity benefited members of the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari with product supply and the population with consumption at affordable price.
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Andean Community launches campaign “Our Amazon”
The Ministries of Environment of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru launched the campaign “Our Amazon” in to raise awareness on the importance of conserving the Amazon region in the member countries of the Andean Community.
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Exame: Illegal timber moves $ 100 billion per year
The trade of ilegal wood in the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia moves between 30 billion and 100 billion dollars per year and is responsible for up to 90% of deforestation in the world’s tropical forests.
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Prosecutor opens case against São Luiz do Tapajós dam
Indigenous and riparian were not consulted and there is not the Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA), as required by environmental legislation.
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Tres Islas Native Community closes its territory to prevent entrance of informal loggers and miners
After a judge’s decision, a group of villagers surrounded the area in the presence of local authorities and the Native Federation of Madre de Dios River and Tributaries.
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Ciencia Guayana: Orinoco-Amazon marine expedition supports scientific research
Boaters and researchers from Venezuela and France carried out the first Orinoco-Amazon nautical expedition to demonstrate the fluvial, ecological and cultural connection between both rivers.
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Andina: 3D mapping of the Amazon is made from airborne observatory
In an aircraft of Carnegie airborne observatory three-dimensional mapping of the Peruvian Amazon is carried out to know the level of deforestation and impacts of land use change, said the Ministry of Environment of Peru.
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300,000 feet of illegal wood were seized on Sierra del Divisor Reserved Zone
The National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru intervened 300,000 feet of wood of various species, illegally logged inside the protected area.