Inspired by Wänä’cä, a leader who is mentioned in the ancestral songs of the Huöttöja people, Hortimio Ochoa is the visible face of defense of the Cataniapo hydrographic basin in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. It is an area subject to increasingly evident pressure associated with mining, deforestation and the incursion of illegal armed groups.
The Guardians of the Forest, a group of indigenous Guajajara in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, struggle to defend their land from invaders and to guarantee their survival in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Português) A região mais preservada do estado concentra quase 60% dos focos de calor detectados na temporada de fogo de 2020.
Contrary to what the vice president said, devastation grew 12% in the month, 34% in the year and in 2019-2020 will probably be one of the highest ever recorded since the start of the count of Inpe
Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales - DAR
New threats and little state presence make indigenous intend to bring their demands to international courts.
Indigenous organizations of Peruvian regions of Loreto, Ucayali, Junín and Cusco meet in Cuninico, two years after oil spill, to exchange experiences on indigenous surveillance.
The event in Lima, Peru, highlighted pressing issues such as the recovery of indigenous forest surveillance and hydrocarbons.
In the COP21, the governor of Region San Martin, in Peru, stressed that the region achieved a reduction of about 50% of deforestation, and they expect reach the goal of zero deforestation.
Study seeks to understand impacts of oil spills during the period of oil operations in the reserve, with information of 565 water and soil samples for the period 1994-2015.
The land titling process in the Peruvian Amazon have been driven from the State, as part of the policy of liberalization of lands, or in response to the occupation of these.
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