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.
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Exclusive: Journalist traveled to Ecuador to investigate secret oil road in Yasuni
In an exclusive investigation, journalist traveled to an oil concession deep in the Amazon rainforest, into Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, to film an illegal access road, the existence of which Ecuador’s government has denied.
Reduction of deforestation in Brazil ‘improved air and saved lives’ in South America
The reduction of deforestation in the Amazon, intermittently promoted by Brazil since 2004, improved the air quality throughout South America, according to a study published in the Nature journal.
Journalist on hydropower: “Belo Monte is flirting with irrationality”
Journalist Ana Aranha, of Brasil Reporter, talks about the documentary of Jirau hydroelectric plant and its parallels with current works
Publication details new cycle of criminal activity in Terra do Meio, Brazil
Book brings recent diagnosis of timber theft, grabbing and threats to indigenous peoples and traditional communities living in the region.
Almond, chestnut and pacu were highlighted at Amazon Fair in La Paz
The Bolivian government will sign an agreement with private entrepreneurs in San Ignacio de Moxos, Department of Beni, seeking eight locations become touristic places in Bolivia.
Xingu indigenous will may carry organic products to the Brazilian table
Indigenous participated in a public ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil to present the organic self-certification of the Xingu Indigenous Land Association (Atix) for food produced by them.
UN awards the Bolivia Tacana indigenous people by protecting the environment
The indigenous people Tacana, in the Bolivian Amazon is in the list of winners of the Equator Prize 2015, awarded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to initiatives that protect the environment and reduce poverty.
Value of the jungle: As the standing forest can generate revenue
Surui indigenous explain to their “relatives” of the Xingu as REDD+ mechanism carbon credit sales plans can help traditional populations to financially exploit their land without destroying the forest.
Ollanta Humala about Lot 192: community claims are legitimate
The Peruvian president said that the claims of native communities in the basin of the Tigre, Pastaza and Corrientes rivers, which require prior consultation before the exploitation of Lot 192, are “legitimate”.