Scientists are examining why banks of sargassum in the Atlantic have proliferated explosively over the past decade, fouling the Caribbean and extending to the coast of Africa. Growing discharges of organic pollutants from the Amazon River are now believed to be a major cause.
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Scientists and conservationists analyze impacts and challenges in Amazon Basin
Specialists present results on fisheries, watershed management, environmental pollution, carbon storage and biodiversity in the Amazon.
Amazon Waters Conference: To conserve is necessary to jump borders
The importance of conservation actions cross borders is recognized in international commitment signed in Peru
Why dredges are prohibited in the Amazon? How do they work?
Dredgers in alluvial mining, mainly in Madre de Dios, Peru, caused impacts such as mercury contamination of water sources, changing the course of rivers and sedimentation.
Keeping Amazon fish connected is key to their conservation
Unless a system-wide approach to conservation is applied to Amazon basin lakes, floodplains and rivers, we could soon see a collapse of the region’s fish populations.
Committee will be created to defend the basins of the Tapajós and Amazon rivers
The committee will be responsible for defense against social and environmental impacts in the basin and the region.
Peru will allocate funds for environmental remediation of petroleum affectation
Government will establish a fund for environmental remediation of the basins of the rivers Pastaza, Tigre, Corrientes and Marañón (Loreto region), impacted by the extraction of hydrocarbons.
Observatorio Petrolero: Natives of Peruvian Amazon reported river pollution
International TV reported on the demands of indigenous federations FEDIQUEP, FCONACO, FECONAT and ACOEDCOSPAT to the Peruvian State, due to the pollution of their rivers and lands.
Pro y Contra: Water quality in rivers Napo, Arabela and Curaray
Rivers Arabela, Napo and Curaray are in proper conditions for development of aquatic life, as for consumption, study says.
InfoRegión: Development Committee for Amazon rivers basin was installed
Committee is tasked to propose measures to improve social and environmental conditions of the population of the Loreto region.