Peru has 71 primate species, 8 of which are endemic — all are at risk from trafficking; hunters often target the most endangered species for the pet trade because, being rare, they earn the biggest profits.
Tag: deforestation
Grassroots leader’s murder in Peru is a signal to opponents of mining, son says
The murder—which coincides with the expansion of illegal gold mining into the Tambopata National Reserve in the Madre de Dios region— could frighten other opponents of mining into silence.
Deforestation in Colombia up nearly 20 % last year, but down in Colombian Amazon
Some 45 percent of 2014 deforestation occurred in the Amazon, while another 24 percent was in the Andes region.
The birth of new area of illegal gold mining in Peru’s Amazon
New high resolution image of La Pampa of September 16, 2015 shows the birth of a new area of illegal gold mining, with a current area of 1.5 hectares.
1.4 million Brazilians co-sign zero deforestation bill submitted to Brazil’s Congress
Forest advocates want Brazil‘s federal government to take swifter action to end deforestation of the Amazon altogether.
Gold mining explodes in Suriname, puts forests and people at risk
A new report finds gold mining in Suriname increased by 893 percent between 2000 and 2014.
Three Amazon nations, three approaches to reducing deforestation
Brazil, Peru and Colombia all have major holdings in Amazonia, and all have diverging policies that have had varying success in curbing deforestation.
Sierra del Divisor: New logging road threatens Northern section of proposed Park
Here we show how the construction of a new logging road threatens the northwest section of the current Reserved Zone. New high-resolution images reveal that the construction of this logging road has continued to expand in 2015.
RAISG: Deforestation in the Amazon from 1970 to 2013
The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) reveals in a recent publication that the loss of original forest cover of the Amazon rainforest decelerated between 2000 and 2013 relative to the 1970-2000 period.
Scientists capture first ever footage of rare, threatened bird in Peru’s Cerros del Sira
The Sira Currasow is a critically endangered bird that lives only in the high altitude tropical forests of the Cerros del Sira mountain range in central Peru.