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Tag: amazonia
The Washington Post: Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force
As many as 40,000 illegal miners — mostly poor, Quechua-speaking laborers from Peru’s Andean highlands — have invaded some of the most pristine and biologically rich sections of ancient forest in the Amazon basin.
CBS News: Amazon’s biggest fish faces threat of extinction
A recent survey of fishing communities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, found that the arapaima is already extinct in some parts of the Amazon basin. In other parts of the Amazon, its numbers are rapidly dwindling.
Protected areas controlled Amazon deforestation in recent decades
Protected areas were able to control and prevent, to some extent, deforestation progress in recent decades in the Peruvian Amazon, said researcher of the Group of Analysis for Development, Manuel Glave Testino.
A Crítica: Ornamental fish of rare beauty has been exported illegally in the Amazon
The Hypancistrus zebra has been exported illegally by a route passing through the state of Amazonas.
Trust.org: To cut carbon emissions, give communities rights to forest land
Communities are far more likely to stop trees being cut down than governments or business, found research issued by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Petroperú denounced for hiring minors to clean the oil spill in Loreto
Panorama presented a report showing the impacts of this spill and also denounced Petroperú for hiring minors to clean up the remnants of oil in the affected area without proper protection.
New Stanford Model Can Reveal Globalization’s Effects On The Amazon
Stanford has unveiled new software that will be able to understand how outside influences can affect the sustainability of Indigenous people in the Amazon.
NPR: Will camu camu be the next amazonian ‘It’ fruit?
For now, camu camu berries grow wild on trees that grow along flooded rivers in the Amazon rainforest. 100 grams of camu camu have 100 times more vitamin C than 100 grams of lemon, and the fruit is full of antioxidants.
Loreto: After ten days the impact of the oil spill in Urarinas is still unknown
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.”