Loggers open roads in lands of Ka’apor indigenous people and advance over the forest in search of noble species of wood, which cubic meter processed and exported can reach the value of up to 1,300 euros.
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Tapajós hydroelectric will be auctioned in the 2nd semester 2016
According to Minister of Mines and Energy, Eletrobrás will enter the auction the plant. It was more than two years without being able to auction the construction of the hydroelectric plant.
12 rangers to care for the Amboró Park and ‘pirates’ make ‘party’
In 2002, 27 men were guarding the park. This figure, according to experts, is very low because it affects the care of the riches that exist in this forest of over 600,000 hectares.
Peru: Murdered environmental leader opposition to dam in the Maranon River
On Monday December 28 was killed with five shots the environmental leader Hitler Ananias Gonzales Rojas, 34, who led a struggle against dams in the Maranon River.
Police destroyed 86 camps of illegal miners in Madre de Dios, Peru
Operation against illegal mining attacked camps near the nature reserves of Tambopata and Amarakaeri, in the Peruvian jungle.
At COP-21, Marina Silva blames Brazilian government for Amazon deforestation
Former environment minister Marina Silva accused the government of Dilma Rousseff to dismantle the Prevention and Control Plan of Amazon Deforestation, which led the 16% increase in deforestation of the Amazon.
During the COP 21, the Amazon calls for global recognition
Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela set the tone of the talks in the debates on the topic Amazon in Paris on Amazon Solutions Day in Paris.
Dams could increase deforestation in the Tapajós until 25%
A study shows that if the hydropower provided by the federal government are built, deforestation in the heart of the Amazon can reach 3.2 million hectares.
COP21: Amazon fire destroying rare forest home of uncontacted tribe
Wildfires are raging through the Brazilian Amazon, destroying vast areas of forest on the eastern fringes of the “earth’s lungs”. Isolated indigenous suffer even more.
Amazon deforestation increased 28% last year
The rate of destruction of the Amazon has been falling since 2004, year in which disappeared almost 28 000 km2 of forest area. Over the past four years, the destroyed area was always reducing, until last year.