In the headwaters of the river Gera, people have become aware. After being destructive for a long time, now they have become their defenders and guardians.
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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.
Aljazeera: How a dam is destroying rainforest and displacing thousands in Brazil
The world’s third-largest hydroelectric dam is under construction on the Xingu River in Brazil, a process that will destroy swaths of rainforest and displace tens of thousands of people.
Peruvian indigenous threaten to close more oil wells
Indigenous threatened to close more wells of the largest block oil of Peru unless the Argentinian firm Pluspetrol agrees to pay compensation for polluting their ancestral lands.
Sol de Pando: Seismic prospecting in Amazonia to ensure oil exploration
Bolivian state oil company started the bidding process for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of more than 2,000 kilometers of 2D seismic lines in Beni River and Nueva Esperanza areas, of Madre de Dios basin.
Video shows mobilization Kichwa in community of Alto Tigre, Peru
Members of the Federation of Native Communities of Alto Tigre reported on the mobilization of Kichwa people in the basin of the Tigre, who have blocked the river demanding to Pluspetrol respect for their right to compensation for the use of their territories.
Página Siete: There will be new floods in the Amazon
The first quarter of 2014 many Amazonian rivers in Bolivia showed extreme water levels and floods caused a national disaster. Now almost a year of this “natural” disaster, water levels are rising again.
La Región: Wetlands: donating water to receive rain
Wetlands are ecosystems stabilizing climate, they facilitate appropriate measure rainfall and are support of life, in short, are valuable partners of human activities since its existence causes us stability and comfort.
CNN: Awa-Guaja: Brazilian Amazon tribe under threat
The Awa-Guaja’s way of life is being threatened by relentless loggers who are illegally encroaching on their land.
Stanford News: Scientists team with indigenous will produce carbon calculations
By teaching basic ecology field work techniques to indigenous groups in the Amazon, Stanford researchers have found that satellite measurements of rainforests in the area underestimate the region’s carbon storage potential.
Biosphere Reserve Pilon Lajas: (Indigenous) People of the Forest
The story of the inhabitants of the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands, in the Bolivian Amazon