Photographer says in her essays, series and photo reports, stories an inconspicuous Amazon, its “Black Amazon.”
Tag: conservation
UN awards the Bolivia Tacana indigenous people by protecting the environment
The indigenous people Tacana, in the Bolivian Amazon is in the list of winners of the Equator Prize 2015, awarded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to initiatives that protect the environment and reduce poverty.
Middle Purus Indigenous will talk about land management in Brasilia
Representatives of Paumari people from River Tapauá, Jamamadi and Apurinã are in the Brazilian capital to talk about their experiences in territorial and environmental management.
Giant otters are returning to the Amana Sustainable Development Reserve
Animals virtually disappeared, persecuted because of their skin but today the population is expanding in this reserve within the Amazon State.
Photojournalism: Notes on a journey through the Caqueta River
The jungle that unites and separates Colombia with Brazil is a territory that lives on their own. A journalist traveled for three weeks by the river that connects the two countries, to tell how people live in this forgotten border.
Can the open data help the Amazon against pressures?
InfoAmazonia’s deeply contextualized maps and reports aim to educate and involve the public in today’s pressing environmental issues.
Interpretation Center in Pacaya Samiria Reserva, in Peru, was inaugurated
The center will conduct river trips, jungle tours, wildlife watching and will show the management of natural resources that made residents of the communities located within the reserve and its buffer zone
Water is life for the Kichwa people of Sarayaku town, in Ecuador
In a video in Quechua language, the importance of water for the people of Sarayaku is shown. This one adds to a long and well-documented anti-extraction of oil, gas and minerals in their territory.
The Amazon rainforest is the last hope to save tapirs
Many species of large herbivores may become extinct. The Amazon has ideal conditions to preserve one.
Fantástico: ‘Amazonia PLC’: Forest occupies 61% of the Brazilian territory
The Amazon rainforest has the largest forest biomass on the planet and the largest concentration of biodiversity of Earth. There coexist several populations living with nature.