The government issues a decree allowing the uncontrolled entry of transgenics. Specialists evaluate that the Amazon will be the most damaged.
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Carbon fraudster targets remote indigenous group
Australian “carbon cowboy” pressures isolated Matsés tribe to sign over rights to their forests. Peruvian government is not able to stop it.
O Estado de S.Paulo: Another extractivist is found dead in Pará, in the Amazon, is the 4th case
Inhabitants of Praialta-Piranheira agro-extractive village in Nova Ipixuna, Pará, found in the Saturday morning farmer’s corpse Eremilton Pereira dos Santos.
UOL.COM: Extractive couple is murdered in Pará
Both were members of the National Council of Extractive Populations, NGO founded by Chico Mendes. Depoimento de Zé Cláudio no TEDxAmazônia
Diário do Nordeste: Vegetable Rubberized
“Vegetable Rubberized” is the new name of the rubber produced in the Amazon. Results of a social technology developed by Protection Zone of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources.
The jaguar corridor in the Colombian amazon
Ministry of Environment and Panthera Foundation sign a 4 year agreement to help consolidate the corridor from Mexico to Argentina.
3 million more to care for the Amazon
A €3.1 million subsidy from the European Union to a fund for protected areas in Colombia is intended to defend the region from mining projects.
Suriname fends against sea level rise
Country is one of the top ten most vulnerable worldwide. Environmental activists want to prove the government that instead of dykes, it´s worth replanting mangroves.
Amazon’s gate inside
Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia have chosen different paths to manage their private areas. In common, only the lack of interest by preventing private forests of becoming grass.
The dilemma facing the Colombian jungle
Experts say the withdrawal of armed guerrillas within the Amazon is quickly leaving the area vulnerable to cattle ranching, mining and more deforestation.