Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits.
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New oil spill in Petroperu Norperuano pipeline in Loreto, Peru
The Petroperú reported an oil spill from the pipeline Norperuano in Urarinas, Loreto.
Chariboan Joi: “Voices Flying As Maracana Parrot”, a Peruvian project
“Chariboan Joi,” means “Voices Soaring Like the Maracaná Macaw” in the Shipibo language. Our project have that name because those parrots are very boisterous and travel long distances, which is what we seek with our stories.
La Información: Ecuadorian President defends oil extraction in the Amazon
The president said that the activities will affect less than 200 hectares of the nearly one million of the Yasuni National Park.
PUINAMUDT: Residents of Cuninico after spill say the fishing is over
“The main source of income we had for the population and for our food, we have not it, that is fishing”, “everything has been done with this spill,” said a resident.
Amazon Watch Video: Keep the Oil in the Ground in the Amazon
The video and petition call for an end to Amazon oil drilling, stating “the science is clear: we have to keep two-thirds of fossil fuels in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate change”.
Daily Sabah: Ecuador – Amazon’s Lush Green turns Dark Black
What makes Lago Agrio different is the ongoing ecological disaster. Disease and death began to spread around the town and the surrounding village of Shushufundi after the petroleum wells were opened in 1962.
La Mula: UN worried about gas exploration and exploitation in indigenous reserve
The UN reiterated its concern to the Peruvian state about plan to expand the exploration and exploitation of natural gas in the Territorial Reserve Kugapakori, Nahua, Nanti and others.
Argenpress: Sucumbios, the land where the water is “worthless”
In 2010 studies were done to determine the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in 23 water samples, 22 were positive.
InfoRegión: Four new oil blocks located in the Madre de Dios region to be auctioned
(Association for the Conservation of the Amazon Basin) ACCA presented a map of where the lots are located and shows that they are located over chestnut, shiringa and forestry areas.