Victor Zambrano has been nominated for this global society as an “anonymous leader conservation” because of his environmental education work with children of Madre de Dios region.
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Why dredges are prohibited in the Amazon? How do they work?
Dredgers in alluvial mining, mainly in Madre de Dios, Peru, caused impacts such as mercury contamination of water sources, changing the course of rivers and sedimentation.
Emergency in 11 districts of Madre de Dios, Peru, by mercury contamination
Document shows mercury contamination in rivers, hydrobiological species and population exceeding the maximum permissible limits due to artisanal mining.
Native communities reach agreement with oil company after release of detaineds
The agreements include the toxicological evaluation of Belén de Plantanoyacu and Sion communities, in the Corrientes River, Loreto region.
Madre de Dios, Peru: Navy will protect Tambopata Reserve from illegal miners
In order to cope with the invasion of illegal miners in the Tambopata National Reserve, 40 special forces rangers of the Navy of Peru will join the surveillance in point “Azul.”
130 hectares of the Tambopata Reserve deforested by illegal mining
Illegal mining continues its expansion in Madre de Dios, the Peruvian region most affected by this activity. Destroyed forests, polluted rivers and soils, as well as social problems.
Film festival will show how people live in the borders of the Amazon
The International Amazon Festival of Film of the Border is an event that shows and discusses films that address the reality of the regions considered peripheral areas, as the Amazon .
Technical proposal approved to categorize Yaguas as National Park
Yagua is an area that represents much of the natural wealth of Loreto and Peru. Because of these and other characteristics, the technical proposal to convert the Yaguas Reserved Zone into a National Park was approved.
Illegal miners set up camps within the Tambopata Reserve, Peru
In December 2015, Actualidad Ambiental reported that a large number of illegal miners were working on both sides of the Malinowski River, which separates the Tambopata National Reserve from its buffer zone.
Peruvian Viceminister confirms mercury poisoning in ethnic Nahua
The reason would be the consumption of a banned fish for human consumption in countries like Colombia and Brazil, because its body has the ability to accumulate mercury acquired by the environment.