Raimundo was a counselor Reserve since 2012 and also participated in the Rural Workers Union of Bom Jardim, opposing the action of loggers in the region.
Submitted news
This is the layer of news links submitted by the public and journalists who are concerned with mapping the main issues of the Amazon rainforest. See the link bellow to also send us weblinks.Esta é a camada de notícias enviadas pelos leitores e jornalistas que colaboram com o mapeamento dos principais temas da floresta amazônica. Use o link abaixo para enviar matérias.Esta es la capa de noticias enviadas por lectores y periodistas que colaboran con el mapeo de los principales temas del bosque amazónico. Use el link de abajo para enviar noticias.
ATTO: The highest and tallest environmental research structure in South America
Was inaugurated, 150 km from Manaus, the Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). The largest structure of environmental research in South America to collect accurate data on the interaction of the Amazon rainforest
Fire attacks six thousand hectares of vegetation on two Amazonian states of Brazil
The fire affected the Tenharim-Marmelos Indigenous Reserve and the National Park of the Amazon Fields, between the states of Rondonia and Amazonas. Until last Saturday were destroyed six thousand hectares of vegetation.
Paris fight against exploitation of the Ecuadorian Amazon
The French region of Île-de-France, where Paris is located, has signed an agreement with Sarayaku, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, to compensate carbon emissions and trying to paralyze the petroleum industry in that area.
47% of Marãiwatsédé Indigenous Territory is burning, in Brazil
Approximately 47% of indigenous land has turned ashes. Fighting against fire depend on police protection for firefighters and effective supervision of a road.
Mining closed in Amapá extracted gold and wood illegally in Brazilian state of Amapa
Owner had license to extract tantalite in an area of 30 hectares. Inspection identified river deviation and soil contamination by mercury.
Photojournalism: Notes on a journey through the Caqueta River
The jungle that unites and separates Colombia with Brazil is a territory that lives on their own. A journalist traveled for three weeks by the river that connects the two countries, to tell how people live in this forgotten border.
Can the open data help the Amazon against pressures?
InfoAmazonia’s deeply contextualized maps and reports aim to educate and involve the public in today’s pressing environmental issues.
Bolivia: Activists warn of environmental and social consequences of dam in El Bala
The social impact would be relevant because Tacana, esse ejas and tsimanes indigenous communities would be affected by the project as they would be expelled from their land and forced to migrate because of the flood that will be generated.
Colombia: Alarm for high levels of mercury in Amazonian ethnic groups
It is the highest level of intoxication that scientists have found in Colombia. According to toxicologist Jesus Olivero, the situation is so worrying that even the survival of these indigenous peoples would be at stake.