En 2008 Brack diseñó las bases y normativa para la creación del Ministerio del Ambiente, y luego fue nombrado como ministro. Ahí se destacó por sus esfuerzos en la lucha contra la minería ilegal en la Amazonía peruana.[:]
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Ecuador sends aid money back to Germany over planned rainforest visit
Ecuador has said it will return around $9 million in funds from Germany for environmental projects around the country. The country cancelled the visas of the visiting German legislators and did not allow them to visit Yasuni National Park as planned.
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First Jatta Wöötanö Organizational Meeting in Boca de Ninchare, Venezuela
“When we have Internet we do not need to leave the community. I am particularly at ease when we have good connection. I am informed and in touch with the world,” says the chief of a community.
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Sharing the “Living Forest” Through Community Cinema Workshops in Sarayaku
Kichwa indigenous of Sarayaku participated in the Community Cinema Workshop, activity focused on showing the community, their concerns and challenges in order to generate a communicative social process.
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Informe revela el estado actual de la biodiversidad en Colombia
El Instituto Humboldt compiló los resultados de estudios de 59 investigadores, mostrando la situación ambiental y su estrecha relación con el desarrollo del país.[:]
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Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon’s carbon
New study asserts lax, nonexistent land rights put indigenous-held forests at risk of development
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Rising deforestation, fossil fuels use drive Brazil’s emissions 8% higher
Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits.
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Jatta Wöötanö – Yekuana: Ethno-communications about their culture
This is a project in Venezuela for training of indigenous youth in digital media and appropriation of information technologies and communication.
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Preparing the Shipibo Cultural Festival of Chariboan Joi
Representatives of Peruvian indigenous communities organize cultural festival to strengthen their indigenous identity.
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Carnegie Airborne Observatory: Field plots offer biased view of the Amazon
Field plots in the Amazon are often not representative of the habitats surrounding them, potentially biasing extrapolations made across the region.