The colonos and beiradeiros live sustainably, but a new ecological station created around them could force these rural people from their lands.
Tag: Amazon
Conservation giant puts $100M into Amazon protected areas
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has pledged another $100 million toward efforts to establish and support protected areas across the Andes–Amazon landscape.
The African palm oil frontier expands deeper into the Peruvian Amazon
Peru may be worried to conservation of its tropical forests, but deforestation has been increasing, much of it due to expanded cultivation of African palm oil.
Map of deforestation hotspots in the Peruvian Amazon, 2012-2014
Deforestation continues to increase in the Peruvian Amazon. According to the latest information from the Peruvian Environment Ministry, 2014 had the highest annual forest loss on record since 2000.
Rosalba: 5 indígenas amazónicas cuentan porqué las mujeres son clave para reforestar
Rosalba Castilla. Guainía “Vengo del Guainía, de la Comunidad de Coco Viejo, cerquita de Puerto Inírida. El resguardo tiene 5 comunidades, y en Coco Viejo somos solo 1 familia de 30 personas. Mi familia. Mi abuelo venía del alto Guainía, de la selva. Murieron él y mi abuela y aquí quedamos, y de estas artesanías […]