In satellite images is observed the process of deforestation from 2005 to 2013.
Tag: Madre de Dios
Story shows the devastation by mining in Madre de Dios
TV program showed images of deforestation, by informal and illegal mining.
Madre de Dios: mining affected more than 30 mil hectares of Amazon forest
In 1990, mining had affected 900 hectares, the affected area currently exceed 32 000 hectares.
77.9% of adults in Madre de Dios has high levels of mercury
Study indicates that some indigenous people have up to eight times the maximum permissible limit.
Peru reported family because make informal mining in Madre de Dios
Family started mining without environmental certification.
Working group was installed to create Regional Environmental Authority of Madre de Dios
The new institution will promote environmental stewardship and will help improve the development of the region.
Madre de Dios asks support from government to formalization process mining
Authorities in the region published a statement where they ask to the national government to fulfill its responsibilities.
Madre de Dios: is urgent hydrological data for river protection in the region
Many institutions have hydrological information that they should make available.
Madre de Dios: illegal miners begin strike
They demand the infeasibility of the formalization process by the “lack of political will and lack of interest” by the Government.
Madre de Dios: Observatory for monitoring environmental impacts
It is a space for analysis, discussion and dissemination of information on projects and activities of major social and environmental impacts in the southern Amazon.