The image of Beni, whose inhospitable territories are reflected as a natural paradise where their nomadic ancestors subsisted on what nature gave them, it is a concept that has been debated for years. It is a romantic image, maybe not the actual.
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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.
Bolivia: Concern for decree opening protected areas to oil drilling
The Guardian lamented that the Bolivian government approved a supreme decree allowing oil exploration in protected areas of the country. Activists of nature alert that the law “sentence” the environment in Bolivia
A miracle of Bolivia in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases?
If the data of reduction of deforestation in the country are true, Bolivia would be the country that most emissions of greenhouse gases reduced in the world since 2010.
FARC forced to shed 200 000 oil barrels in the Putumayo roads
Alleged FARC fighters forced drivers of 19 tankers carrying fuel oil to spill it on the road, in the village of La Cabana, near the town of Puerto Asis.
It’s coming Conference on Sustainable Territorial Management in the PanAmazon
“Towards Sustainable Territorial Management: Concepts, experiences and visions of the Panamazon” is the common axis for the international meeting which will gather approximately 100 participants on 17 and 18 June in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
New authorities in Bolivia will promote road within park road and indigenous territory
New governors of Cochabamba and Beni departments, agreed to reopen discussions with the people of Isiboro Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS) to build road.
Half of the forest area explored in Mato Grosso, Brazil, is illegal, says institute
A study conducted by the Life Center Institute (ICV) in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, points out that 46% of the forest area explored in the state between August 2012 and July 2013 was illegal.
Brazil beef industry pledges cut Amazon deforestation
A new study finds that voluntary zero-deforestation commitments by corporations can radically clean up supply chains.
Protesters block access to construction sites of Belo Monte dam
About 650 farmers and militants linked to rural movements block since Monday, 18 the Transamazon road. The protest is part of the national movement “Cry of the Earth Brazil”.
Negro River Basin: A social and environmental vision of the region
Publication presents a social and environmental vision of the greatest black water basin in the world, with a length of approximately 70 million hectares, and shared by four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.