Some 45 percent of 2014 deforestation occurred in the Amazon, while another 24 percent was in the Andes region.
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The birth of new area of illegal gold mining in Peru’s Amazon
New high resolution image of La Pampa of September 16, 2015 shows the birth of a new area of illegal gold mining, with a current area of 1.5 hectares.
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Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops
By 2040, many of Brazil’s existing and planned hydropower projects, including those in the Tapajós basin, could become unviable as drought worsens and river flows decrease.
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More than 11,000 fires in just one region of the Brazilian Amazon this year
While climate change can certainly exacerbate drought conditions, leading to more frequent wildfires, this year’s ferocious fire season might also have been heavily influenced by the El Niño event developing in the Pacific Ocean.
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Martin von Hildebrand: An audacious and ambitious plan for the amazon
Martín von Hildebrand is one of the most extraordinary conservation leaders you may have never heard of, he has spent nearly all of his adult life working for indigenous rights and conservation in the Amazon.
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1.4 million Brazilians co-sign zero deforestation bill submitted to Brazil’s Congress
Forest advocates want Brazil’s federal government to take swifter action to end deforestation of the Amazon altogether.
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Gold mining explodes in Suriname, puts forests and people at risk
A new report finds gold mining in Suriname increased by 893 percent between 2000 and 2014.
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Three Amazon nations, three approaches to reducing deforestation
Brazil, Peru and Colombia all have major holdings in Amazonia, and all have diverging policies that have had varying success in curbing deforestation.
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Sierra del Divisor: New logging road threatens Northern section of proposed Park
Here we show how the construction of a new logging road threatens the northwest section of the current Reserved Zone. New high-resolution images reveal that the construction of this logging road has continued to expand in 2015.
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RAISG: Deforestation in the Amazon from 1970 to 2013
The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) reveals in a recent publication that the loss of original forest cover of the Amazon rainforest decelerated between 2000 and 2013 relative to the 1970-2000 period.