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Mato Grosso state is the leader in Brazilian ranking of deforestation in Legal Amazon
From August 2014 to June 2015 were registered 943 square kilometers of deforestation, up 149% compared to the same period last year (August 2013 to June 2014), when 378 square kilometers of forest were cut down.
Indigenous communities in protected areas in Bolivia refuse dam
Communities asserts that the dam will threaten to disappear and require prior consultation before the project starts.
Rurrenabaque, the Bolivia’s government and the nightmare of the river Beni bridge
One of the most important tourist attractions in Bolivia is at risk. The reason? Stubbornness and avarice of the Bolivian Highway Administration.
Civil organizations join Territorial Corridor proposal for uncontacted tribes
Interethnic Association of Development of the Peruvian Rainforest and other organizations support the propose of recognition and full protection of the “Territorial Corridor for Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact Pano, Arawak and other”
Colombia: Caqueta and Guaviare, firsts to receive support from Norway against deforestation
They are the firsts regions to be supported as they correspond to the departments that have more deforestation, said the Minister of Climate and Environment of Norway, Tine Sundtoft.
Institute publishes “Belo Monte – No conditions for Operating License”
Document points out the main consequences of disregard for the environmental conditions of the dam that is being built in Altamira (PA), at the time when the Ibama evaluates the authorization of plant operation.
Do you know the only bear in South America? Know it in this video
A prolonged sighting with film footage in the montane grasslands of Apolo of one of Madidi´s flagship species, the Andean or spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus).
Progresses fund for environmental remediation of oil blocks in Peru
Fund will be used for environmental remediation of the basins of the rivers Pastaza, Corrientes, Tigre and Marañón, in indigenous territories affected by nearly 45 years of oil activity.
Interoceanic railroad can kill the lungs of the world: the Amazon
China, the biggest beneficiary of the project, would provide funding, training and construction of the railway line that will transport goods from Brazil.