Researchers of project in the Amazon rainforest placed GPS system and satellite communication in five jaguars to monitor their movements and learn more about the habits of these cats.
Tag: protected areas
Head of Sernanp: Ministry of Energy does not want Serra do Divisor to become National Park
The head of the National Service of Protected Natural Areas indicated that the only ministry that opposes the Divisor Reserved Zone to be categorized as National Park is the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
El Comercio: Manifestation in Paris against oil exploration in the Amazon
Around 20 people demonstrated on Tuesday in Paris to protest against the government of Ecuador for projects of oil exploitation in the Amazon, making a symbolic perforation in the street of a hotel.
El Colombiano: Government wants to create the largest protected area in the Amazon
The Ministry of Environment of Colombia is developing the last phase of the project to the expansion of the National Park of Chiribiquete, from an area of 1.2 million hectares to 2.8 million, to create the largest protected area in the Amazon.
D24AM: Over 6 thousand baby turtles are released into preservation area in Amazonas
In fifteen years of the project, about 120 thousand baby turtles were released. The goal for 2013 is to release 24,444 other babies in the Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve.
Academy Award winner films documentary in Manu National Park
The film director Luc Jacquet, Oscar winner for documentary with March of the Penguins, worked for two months with his team, in the Manu National Park, to film the movie “Once upon a time the forest”.
Sernanp ensures that Pluspetrol asked to explore the Manu in 2011
The National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru denied the request for hydrocarbon exploration in 2011 in the Manu National Park by Pluspetrol, because park is a UNESCO World Heritage and that this category “expressly prohibits the use of natural resources”.
The Panguana Private Conservation Area and the mining threat
Panguana is a Private Conservation Area in Puerto Inca, and is part of the buffer zone that protects El Sira Communal Reserve. Panguana is threatened by the development of illegal mining and income of machinery to the area.
BBC presents “Giant Otters in the Amazon” documentary, recorded in Manu
“Giant Otters in the Amazon” is a documentary produced by the BBC that shows the patriarch of a family of river wolves while raising and protecting their cubs in the Manu National Park.
Bolivia: New wetlands reserve with 7 million hectares
In the World Wetlands Day, the Bolivian Amazon gains a new Ramsar site, near Brazil and Madeira River hydroelectrics.