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SPDA News Environmental journalism is a service of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA), which seeks to inform about the latest news related to the environment in Peru and the world, seeking to create awareness and action for the preservation of our planet.SPDA Actualidad Ambiental é um serviço da Sociedade Peruana de Direito Ambiental (SPDA), que visa informar sobre as últimas notícias relacionadas ao meio ambiente no Peru e no mundo, buscando criar a consciência e a ação para a preservação do nosso planeta.SPDA Actualidad Ambiental es un servicio periodístico de la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA) que busca informar sobre las últimas noticias relacionadas con el medio ambiente en el Perú y el mundo, buscando generar conciencia y acción para la preservación de nuestro planeta. En este portal también se podrán obtener gratis videos, fotografías en alta resolución y los últimos boletines e investigaciones de las principales instituciones científicas del mundo
Nanay-Pintuyacu-Chambira Conservation Area Alto celebrates third anniversary
The area conserves natural resources and fragile ecosystems of forests on white sand, flooded forests by black water upland forests.
New lizard species is discovered in the Manu National Park, Peru
In Peru’s Manu National Park, an amphibian was discovered, the Potamites erythrocularis, that has succeeded in adapting to relatively high and low temperatures.
Chadín II hydroelectric project would be environmentally and socially unsustainable
Specialist said that project would displace thousand people to flood an area of 3,250 hectares. It also regrets that there are not studies about alternative uses of the area, such as tourism.
Report reveals that fish from the Moronacocha lagoon are not apt for human consumption
A report of the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) reveals that the water of the Moronaocha lagoon (Loreto) has coliform bacteria above the permissible limit, because the drain of all the neighboring waterways lead into this lake.
Loreto: The work of rescue animals in the Peruvian Amazon
For seven years the Amazon Rescue Center (CREA) has traveled through the rainforest of Loreto looking for animals in captivity, in order to rehabilite them and then return them to nature.
Judge who fought against illegal mining dismissed in Madre de Dios
The Superior Court of Madre de Dios dismissed the judge of Huepetuhe, who annuled a series of resolutions that his predecessor had rules in favor of people connected to illegal mining activites.
Company intends to resume Inambari hydroelectric project in 2018
Residents of communities rejected these claims stating that the project is not feasible because it would cause a major environmental and social damage in the area.
Pacaya Samiria National Reserve celebrates its 42 years
The reserve has more than 2 million hectares and protects the watersheds of the Pacaya, Pucate Yanayacu and Samiria rivers.
Deforestation of 13,000 hectares of primary forest caused losses of $ 347 million
An organization reported that between March and October last year 13,076 hectares of primary forests were deforested in Tamshiyacu and Nueva Requena, to install industrial monoculture plantations such as palm oil.