Experts agree that 95% of forest fires in the Colombian Amazon are caused by man.
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Protected Areas in the Amazon x “progress”
Commitment to infrastructure and agribusiness push boundaries of protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. Moment is of vulnerability.
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Opinión: Big projects threaten Amazonian territories
Hydroelectric megaprojects threaten to destroy or alter large areas of the country.
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El Espectador: Colombian Amazon deforestation alarm by climate risk
Deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia, at a rate of about 800 km2 per year, concerned about experts and authorities, who alerted on climate risks that entails.
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Division of Pará threatens Conservation Units
Political pressure on behalf of the development of new states and the need to expand areas for agribusiness can disrupt protected areas in Pará.
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Concerns over the conservation of the Amazon rainforest in Venezuela
The Red Book of Terrestrial Ecosystems of Venezuela warns of state of affairs in the conservation of the Amazon and of risks of forests extinction.
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After years of deforestation, the Amazonian populations still live in poverty
A study launched by the Regional Coordination/Articulation of the Amazon reveals that almost half of the population of the Amazon basin countries live below the poverty line.
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In favor of Belo Monte, construction moves ahead
Judges disagree with the Public Civil Action and vote in favor of building the hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River. Legal battles line the history of this plant. Click to see the infographic
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La Razón: Morales vetoes route and declares the TIPNIS intangible
Morales raised on a proposal for reform of the law passed, declare as intangible area the indigenous territory.
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Ban on soy bean does not stop deforestation
Since 2006, soybean plantations in the Brazilian Amazon have led to more than 11,000 hectares of deforestation. Moratorium had been renewed.