Operations by gas consortium in Amazon reserve for vulnerable indigenous peoples met with legal action.
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Deforestation of 13,000 hectares of primary forest caused losses of $ 347 million
An organization reported that between March and October last year 13,076 hectares of primary forests were deforested in Tamshiyacu and Nueva Requena, to install industrial monoculture plantations such as palm oil.
Gestión: Olympic oil company will start exploratory studies in the jungle of Amazonas and Cajamarca
In the middle of this year the company will begin studies in lot 145. Currently is waiting to get the social license.
Phys.org: Where does the Amazon start? Study points to source
A study published makes the case for Amazon’s source to be the Mantaro River in southwestern Peru.
New York Daily News: Children in Peru forced to work in gold mines
New research shows more than 20 percent of the Peruvian gold is mined illegally, under slave conditions, by children and others who receive no pay.
Helping the Amazon’s ‘Jaguar People’ protect their culture and traditional wisdom
In the deepest recesses of the Amazon, remaining tribes struggle to retain their cultural identity and self-sufficiency in a profoundly-shifting world. This is the case of the Matsés or Jaguar People.
Loreto: Rescue Center raises awareness about the preservation of the Amazon biodiversity
Amazon Rescue Center works to conserve and promote sustainable use of resources and Amazonian ecosystems, through rescue, rehabilitation and release of endangered species.
New bill will be proposed to “streamline” mining formalization process
Energy and Mines Commission states that initiative aims to correct errors which delayed the process in some sectors, hurting people who work in small-scale mining and to State.
International Report: Pluspetrol affects “integrity and ecological balance” in reserve
The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) indicated that “environmental management of the instalations of the Pluspetrol company are inadequate and this is affecting the integrity and ecological equilibrium” of the Reserve.
Gas company to drill in Manu National Park buffer zone, imperiling indigenous people
The Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into the buffer zone of the Manu National Park in the Amazon rainforest.