The Andean Community (CAN) and the Ministries of Environment of its member countries will launch “Amazon our”, a strategic campaign to sustainably care for the Amazon.
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El Universo: Huaorani Fair shows Amazonic art and culture in Quito
Huaorani indigenous women exposed earrings, keychains, baskets made of branches of plants and spears, among other objects of their culture.
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Deter indicates deforestation explosion in August
Government data indicate that there was an extraordinary increase of 220% compared to August 2011. Major damage continues in BR 163 See infographic with distribution of deforestation by state
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Mamirauá: landscapes of a flooded forest
Region regulated by the water cycle, the flood comes to have a variation that can reach up to 12 meters high.
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REDD+: challenges and beneficiaries in the Amazon
On interview, group of specialists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) share their views on REDD + projects in the Amazon, highlighting who should be the beneficiaries and what are the main challenges.
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Madre de Dios: Peruvian government recognizes private conservation area Benjamin I Forest
Peruvian Government recognized for ten renewable years Private Conservation Area Forest Benjamin I, with 29 hectares of forest in the buffer zone of the Tambopata Reserve.
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Opinión: Evo enacts law to protect dolphins of a unique specie in Bolivia
Bolivian President enacted a law declaring Bolivian Amazonian dolphins natural heritage.
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El Deber: Madidi, among the most biodiverse on Earth
Report presented in the World Conservation Congress in Korea, considers the Madidi National Park in Bolivia one of the most biodiverse protected areas on the planet.
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Opinión: Tsimane Mosetene opt for ecotourism
The Mosetene Tsimane people from Bolivia, with a ecotourism community project can preserve their habitat and way of life, in an initiative recognized by the United Nations.
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Belo Monte: Ibama authorizes the consortium to start dams
With favorable opinion of Funai, Norte Energia consortium begins work of provisional dams will divert the course of the Xingu River.