Amboró National Park, Bolivia, is a protected area rich in biodiversity and with great tourism potential. However, it suffers with hunting and illegal logging.
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Trees in the Amazon are now identified by digital recognition
A pioneer study, based on a Master’s thesis, highlights the technical potential in the identification of species of Amazon trees.
The highway through the TIPNIS: the soap opera continues
Just when everything seemed to be resolved Evo Morales counter attacks by constructing a highway in the middle of the National Park.
Greenpeace denounces logging in settlement designated by government agency INCRA
NGO report back to illegal logging in Incra settlement in the municipality in Santarém, Pará. The first warning was given 5 years ago.
Bolpress: Summoned to the IX Indigenous March in defense of indigenous territories and protected areas in Bolivia
Indigenous Territory leaders Isiboro Sécure summoned Bolivians to join the IX Indigenous March to demand respect for the rights of indigenous peoples.
The Amazon Without Fire has arrived in Bolivia – now what?
Italy, Brazil and Bolivia have bet on a program to reduce the fires in the Bolivian Amazon. It is believed to be a model for the preservation of the Pan Amazon.
Expansion of oil palm in the Amazon creates problems
While new developments are deployed by big companies, family farmers which are the basis of the process coexist with a very heavy journeys and few guarantees.
El Diario de Guayana: Vulnerable bats
In Venezuelan Guayana lives the second endemic bat species in the country who, as noted by the Red Book of Venezuelan Fauna, is threatened.
Amazon: scientists clear up how deforestation alters rainfall
Study published in Nature magazine shows how, in different circumstances, deforestation affects rainfall in the region.