Specialists present results on fisheries, watershed management, environmental pollution, carbon storage and biodiversity in the Amazon.
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From Peru: A critical look to the future of the Amazon basin
Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society warns that the construction of a series of hydroelectric dams could affect 30 million people in the Amazon.
Health officials in Peru: oil spill cleanup workers face ‘poisoning and burns’
Workers trying to clean up the oil spill of June 25 in Loreto lacked the equipment to clean up safely. The oil spill threatens the vulnerable community of Barranca which lacks safe drinking water and electricity.
Peru: Oil Spill in the Amazon puts communities at risk
A new oil spill raised fears of a deterioration water pollution and fish on which depend indigenous peoples and coastal communities.
Amazonian catfish’s 5,000-mile migration endangered by dams
More than 400 dams are planned on being built, are being built or have been built in the Amazon Basin. These dams disrupt the impressive migration of Amazonian catfish, a commercially valuable fish and apex predator in the environment.
BNDES: bank provides millions to tame the wild waters of South America
The Brazilian development bank is investing heavily in a plan to build huge hydraulic dams in the Amazon and throughout South America.
Peruvian government affirms illegal plantation activity in Amazon rainforest
Peru’s forest authority has issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange condemning United Cacao’s plantation projects.
Is it possible to take care of the Amazon with the help of a computer?
From their computers, scientists and experts are translating technical data to allow us to see with new eyes what is happening with the Amazon.
Peruvian presidential candidates spur concerns among environmentalists
Peru will have a new president and, until now, the environment has not been one of the fundamental topics of the public debate.
Proposed Amazon dam attracts illegal loggers, threatens local farmers
Plans for the São Luiz do Tapajós dam in Pará, Brazil, have led to increased illegal squatting and illicit timber harvesting. Homestead farmers fear for their future.