A group arrived at the outside of the offices of Pluspetrol in Lima to demand remediation of contaminated areas in the Loreto Amazon.
Tag: Loreto
Can Peru stop ‘ethical chocolate’ from destroying the Amazon?
NGOs allege illegal deforestation of primary rainforest to plant cacao and oil palm, in Tamshiyacu, Loreto region, Peru.
Loreto: Exploitation of açai in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
The first contract of sustainable use of huasai -small round fruit of Amazon palm that surprises for its nutritional properties- was signed in Loreto.
The American financier accused of deforestation in Peru
Dennis Melka is identified as financier of a network of 25 companies that have purchased hundreds of properties in the Peruvian Amazon, according to the report by the Environmental Investigation Agency organization.
Madre de Dios: Citizen Cleaning Campaign a few days before the COP20
The November 15 in Puerto Maldonado, the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP), made the campaign “Cleaning and collect solid waste” under the Campaign PUT YOUR PART Madre de Dios, an initiative promoted few days before COP20.
New oil spill in Petroperu Norperuano pipeline in Loreto, Peru
The Petroperú reported an oil spill from the pipeline Norperuano in Urarinas, Loreto.
Loreto: In Tamshiyacu deforestation does not stop and 2126 hectares have already been affected
Despite repeated complaints from affected residents, national press and civil society organizations, illegal deforestation of primary forests in Tamshiyacu (Loreto) continues.
Peruvian company paid 10 cents per square meter in the Amazon and promptly deforested
Farmers in Tamshiyacu, in Loreto region, report that the culprit of the deforestation that has been occurring is Cacao del Perú Norte, a company that kills the primary forests of the area without the permission of the regional entity.
Loreto: dump is affecting Peru’s Allpahuayo Mishana national reserve
The “Thirty” Landfill located at kilometer 30.5 of the road Iquitos – Nauta (Loreto) has operated for seven years at that spot, affecting the buffer zone of the Allpahuayo Mishana national reserve.
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.”