In Peru there are people who have found an alternative to contribute to the environment promoting the conservation of land extensions that are a sample of the great Amazonian biodiversity of the country.
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Illegal mining: 2,500 deforested hectares in two years in Tambopata Reserve
Between 2013 and 2015 was recorded a increase of 864 hectares deforested by illegal mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, in the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve.
Deforestation by gold mining intensifies in Malinowski River, Peru
Image examines the area immediately at West of La Pampa Alto along the Malinowski River, where were documented more than 850 hectares of additional deforestation generated by gold mining between 2013 and 2015.
Loreto: Government creates contingency fund for environmental remediation
The law is intended to finance measures on sites impacted by hydrocarbon activities in the northern jungle that involve risks to health, environment and demand priority attention and exceptional of the State.
Five reasons to create the Sierra del Divisor National Park
The categorization presents Peru as a country that respects its international commitments, not only to conserve biodiversity, but also to combat illegal activities such as drug trafficking and illegal logging.
Ucayali opens monitoring unit against deforestation and illegal logging
Ucayali, in Peru, is the second region of the country with the highest rate of deforestation accumulated, reaching almost 700 000 hectares.
Oil palm company deforested 12000 hectares between 2010 and 2015 in Peru
In 2013, a report of the Peruvian Society for Ecological Development warned that the company Plantations Ucayali SAC there was deforested thousands of hectares of forest illegally in the Peruvian Amazon.
Peru’s mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse
Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile) Marañón River, which begins in the Peruvian Andes and is the main source of the Amazon River.
Palm oil plantation causes deforestation in New Requena, Peruvian Amazon
Oil palm plantations on a large scale started in 2011 near the town of Nueva Requena, Ucayali region, today cover almost 12,200 hectares.
Detection of new roads (to cut forest?) in the Peruvian Amazon
Satellite images include the construction of almost 150 km of roads, possibly to extraction of illegal timber from protected areas in Peru.