Video shows the spillage of 4,180 barrels of oil caused the July 1 by the FARC near to Puerto Asis, Colombia. The Farc fighters stopped trucks carrying oil and spilled the on the road.
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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.
National Geographic: How Farming a Sacred Tea Can Help Save the Amazon
The Amazon’s Kichwa people are working with U.S. tea companies to turn guayusa farming into a profitable industry and a sustainable alternative to logging and fossil fuel extraction.
National Geographic Magazine: Farming the Amazon
Industrial-scale soybean producers are joining loggers and cattle ranchers in the land grab, speeding up destruction and further fragmenting the great Brazilian wilderness.
Página Siete: The Amazon is very exploited and poorly studied
Brazilian expert believes in a hypothesis of a direct relationship between the flooding in the Bolivian Amazon with the operation of the dams of Jirau and San Antonio.
La Razón: Cosmetics company flourishes with amazonic biodiversity of Bolivia
Products are made with fruits of the Bolivian Amazon, which generate 100% vegetable oils, which are extracted by indigenous communities using traditional methods.
El Diario: Fishes were the most affected by dams construction
The construction of dams in the Brazilian Amazon affected significantly the fauna of the rivers by the disappearance of fish species.
Motherboard: Ecuador’s Last Uncontacted Tribes Face the Promise of Oil
An oil company of a developed country approaches, trying to gain the trust of indigenous leaders. In the early years, there may be violence. But over time, the charm of the material -money, gasoline, vehicles- becomes very strong.
Sky Rainforest Rescue: The football season puts the Amazon on the map
The world’s biggest football tournament in Brazil helps us to put the Amazon at the front of our minds.
Reuters: Brazil court revokes license for Canadian gold mine in Amazon
A federal court has revoked the environmental license for a massive gold mine planned by Belo Sun Mining Corp on the Xingu River in the Amazon, ruling that the company had failed to assess the impact on local indigenous communities.
Sol de Pando: Awa People is free of invaders that predate their forests
Brazilian government fulfilled commitment to expel from Awa territory to oil, mining and logging companies who trafficked with the natural resources of the forest.