Greenpeace’s new video focuses on the dangers of illegal logging, and shows that illegal timber’s destination isn’t so far from home.
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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.
Inside Climate News: Amazonic farmers are stewards of the land
Brazil’s deforestation blacklist and market forces have helped spur many communities to think about deforestation differently.
TriplePundit: ARPA Bridge Fund to Conserve 15% of Brazil’s Amazon
The Brazilian government, WWF and partners announced the launch of a $215 million fund to ensure the long-term protection of the world’s largest network of protected areas of Brazilian Amazon rain forest.
El Comercio: Petroamazonas obligations in Tambococha and Tiputini
Petroamazonas environmental license requires compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan of the proposed development and production of both fields.
BBC News: Carbon loss from tropical forests is “underestimated”
Researchers say degradation in Brazil causes additional emissions equivalent to 40% of those from deforestation.
Thomson Reuters: In Peru’s Amazon, indigenous communities protect forests
New international forest conservation programme will help stem forest loss in this area of the central Peruvian Amazon while increasing indigenous families’ income.
Scientific American: Fires can pose threat to Amazon rainforest
In the Brazilian Amazon deforestation is a serious problem. But a new study suggests that there is another threat to the rainforest that has been largely ignored: fire.
Nature.com: Deforestation is carving up the Amazon
A rash of road construction is causing widespread change in the world’s largest tropical forest — with potentially global consequences.
Greenpeace: The silent crisis in the Amazon in pictures
Greenpeace published a 2-year investigation that shows how the logging industry threatens the Amazon rainforest. These photos show the illegal logging that’s ransacking the forest and show what’s at stake if the logging continues.
El Universo: Petroamazonas gets environmental license to exploit Yasuni
The company Petroamazonas EP will launch preparatory activities such as installation of camps and opening access in Tiputini and Tambococha fields, located the first out of the Yasuni National Park, and the second within.