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.
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Madre de Dios: More than 100 machines used by Miners acting Illegally were Destroyed
A total of 114 machines and pieces of equipment used for illegal mining activity were seized and destroyed in an operation in the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve, Madre de Dios.
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.”
Vigilante Amazónico: Napo Committee decides on situation of the basin
The communities in the Napo River are suffering from floods and product of this, many families have had to move out of their communities. Yet there has been no government intervention on this situation.
Organization presents publication on illegal mining in six Amazonian countries
The Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) presented the book “The reality of illegal mining in Amazonian countries”, with six studies on this type of mining that entails other problems that need attention.
Loreto: Illegal dump affects buffer zone of a National Reserve
Waste from hospitals, industrial areas and households come to this place that does not treat the waste, which affects the Nanay River, main regional provider of potable water.
Madre de Dios: Government claims to have eradicated illegal mining in La Pampa
After operation in Madre de Dios, the government says it has “fully recovered” the area of illegal mining.
The Ashaninka fight against Pakitzapango hydroelectric project
Meet the fight by the president of the Rio Ene Central Ashaninka, for the defense of cultural and territorial integrity of native communities in the basins of the Ene and Tambo rivers.
In the Environment Day know the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
Celebrating the World Environment Day, see a documentary about the largest reserve in Peru, with over 2 million hectares.
Workshop on citizen participation in Mazán Hydroelectric Project
The aim was to strengthen the knowledge of the people in their right to participate in the evaluation, approval and implementation of the project, that may will affect them.