Publication presents research conducted in Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru about illegal mining, gold trading and the destiny of this metal whose extraction is causing serious damage to the forests of the Amazon.
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NGO will present research on illegal gold mining in the Amazon
Mining areas and routes of illegal gold commercialization in border areas of five countries of the Amazon Basin (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil) are unveiled and discussed in “The routes of illegal gold. Case studies in five Amazonian countries”
After Brazil, Peru leads deforestation in the Amazon
Peru ended 2014 with 112,800 hectares less in the Amazon forest in relation to 2013. The official Brazilian deforestation in 2014 was four times larger, with 480,000 hectares.
Peruvian authorities archived more than 1,000 environmental pollution reports
Report of investigation site CONVOCA uncovered over a thousand cases of presumed environmental violations during the governments of Toledo, Garcia and Humala (between 2002 and 2013) and were “ignored despite the seriousness of the evidence”.
Traces of oil that Peruvian governments tried to hide
Peruvian investigative journalists accessed hydrocarbons environmental monitoring reports hitherto unknown that the last three governments ignored despite the seriousness of the evidence.
Loreto: New operations against illegal logging in the Pacaya Samiria Reserve
The National Service of Protected Areas of Peru explained that at the end of operative was confiscated timber cut of several species which is marketed in the city of Iquitos for construction, with a value of nearly $ 30,000 .
Marc Dourojeanni: Roads are the worst option for connection in the Amazon
The environmental specialist, Marc Dourojeanni said that for the international connection in the Amazon, it makes sense to use navigable rivers, because “it is cheaper and environmentally better”.
Illegal roads threaten flora and fauna of Sierra del Divisor Reserved Zone
Trees up to one hundred years are being cut in the Sierra del Divisor Reserved Zone due to the lack of personnel to guard and also for the construction of two illegal ways, so yesterday denounced a television report
Civil organizations join Territorial Corridor proposal for uncontacted tribes
Interethnic Association of Development of the Peruvian Rainforest and other organizations support the propose of recognition and full protection of the “Territorial Corridor for Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact Pano, Arawak and other”
New deforestation into restricted area of Sierra del Divisor, Peru
Recently were detected new deforested areas during June within the protected area. According to experts, the cause could be attributed to the opening of areas for coca farms of illegal loggers