Turbines and gates are disabled. The region faces a historic flooding in rural and urban areas and over 1300 families homeless.
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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.
Los Tiempos: Foreign Office study defines impact of dams in Bolivia
Study elaborated in 2013 is a monitoring system that identifies which areas are impacted, both in the short and medium term.
G1: Flooding of Madeira River cuts highway and state of Acre may suffer stockouts
The State of Acre depends on the road to get food, fuel and gas. The historical level of the Madeira River reached 18.01 meters.
Los Tiempos: Bolivia known effects of Brazilian dams
More than six years since the Government already knew that Brazilian dams built on the Madeira River basin would cause major flooding in the country.
Rondoniaaovivo: Madeira River hydroelectrics exceed set limit and affect thousands of families
“State of emergency” was declared in Porto Velho due to heavy rains and great flood on the Madeira River. It could be the biggest flood in 100 years.
G1: Group evaluates possible rupture of hydroelectric gates in the Amazon
Experts assess the flood implications in the population lives in the capital, Porto Velho. Hydroelectrics deny any influence on the flood of the Madeira River.
The Washington Post: In Ecuador, oil boom creates tension
As production declines at older wells, a new drilling push is moving the industry deeper into the forest and sensitive areas such as Yasuni National Park.
Gestión: Olympic oil company will start exploratory studies in the jungle of Amazonas and Cajamarca
In the middle of this year the company will begin studies in lot 145. Currently is waiting to get the social license.
Phys.org: Where does the Amazon start? Study points to source
A study published makes the case for Amazon’s source to be the Mantaro River in southwestern Peru.
New York Daily News: Children in Peru forced to work in gold mines
New research shows more than 20 percent of the Peruvian gold is mined illegally, under slave conditions, by children and others who receive no pay.