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“We have to stop deforestation now,” says Antonio Nobre

By Giovanny Vera 7 de November de 201414 de September de 2020

According to him, a large tree in the Amazon evaporates over a thousand liters of water per day. With this, the total evaporation of water in the region reaches 20 billion tons, an amount higher than the flow of the Amazon River.

ection of the upper Amazon River

Phys.org: Satellite technology shows Amazon absorbing less carbon due to less rainfall

By Mark Smith 29 de October de 201414 de September de 2020

The forest that remains is receiving less rain, which in turn is making it less green which means the trees that are there are pulling in less carbon dioxide from the air around them.

Loreto: After ten days the impact of the oil spill in Urarinas is still unknown

By Mark Smith 10 de July de 201414 de September de 2020

Although Petroperu reported that no river in the area was contaminated, communities say the Marañón basin is contaminated, because “they noticed (the spill) when the fish were already dropping dead.”

Loreto: Illegal dump affects buffer zone of a National Reserve

By Mark Smith 24 de June de 201414 de September de 2020

Waste from hospitals, industrial areas and households come to this place that does not treat the waste, which affects the Nanay River, main regional provider of potable water.

Scientists study what keeps freshwater fish abundant in the Amazon

By Mark Smith 24 de April de 201414 de September de 2020

To quantify the effect of deforestation on fish, Kirk Winemiller is working with a team of Texas A&M and Brazilian researchers. Once completed, the project will inform the work of government agencies and conservation groups in Brazil.

Report reveals that fish from the Moronacocha lagoon are not apt for human consumption

By Mark Smith 14 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

A report of the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) reveals that the water of the Moronaocha lagoon (Loreto) has coliform bacteria above the permissible limit, because the drain of all the neighboring waterways lead into this lake.

iAgua: Wetlands in Madre de Dios have suffered impact of aluvial gold mining

By Mark Smith 10 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

Extractive activities-like alluvial gold mining and other activities that cause deforestation-generate a direct negative impact on the Peruvian Amazon.

Amazon rainforest does not ‘green up’ during the dry season

By Mark Smith 7 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

A study led by NASA scientist Doug Morton finds that earlier research concluding that photosynthesis increases in the Amazon during the dry season is based on faulty interpretation of satellite imagery.

Pasco: the Chungar Administrative Company was fined $ 53 thousand for contaminating Naticocha Norte lagoon

By Mark Smith 5 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

The penalty was imposed because the company exceeded the maximum permissible limits (LMP) for Iron in the effluent discharged into the North Naticocha lagoon.

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Amazon rainforest does not ‘green up’ during the dry season

7 de February de 2014

Report reveals that fish from the Moronacocha lagoon are not apt for human consumption

14 de March de 2014

iAgua: Wetlands in Madre de Dios have suffered impact of aluvial gold mining

10 de March de 2014

Loreto: After ten days the impact of the oil spill in Urarinas is still unknown

10 de July de 2014

Scientists study what keeps freshwater fish abundant in the Amazon

24 de April de 2014

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