At a journey of 483 kilometers on Ichilo, Chimoré, Ibabo and Chapare rivers, a total of 141 dolphins were sighted.
Tag: rivers
Ciencia Guayana: Indigenous organizations denounce mining in rivers
Indigenous denounce illegal mining in municipality of Atabapo, Colombia, affecting their constitutional rights over the territory and the environment.
The Guardian: Spotting river dolphins in Bolivian rivers
The bufeo (river dolphin) is a creature of myth, but you’re pretty much guaranteed a sighting on a river cruise in Bolivia’s north-eastern wetlands on the edge of the Amazon basin.
El Mundo.es: Gold miners are threatening the Colombian Amazon
In the Caquetá River, a tributary of the Amazon, are already sixty five dredges to extract gold from its funds. Their way of working, with no respect for nature, is changing the ancient customs of the riparian peoples.
ClearWater: Map highlights efforts to bring clean water to communities in Ecuador
Digital Democracy has partnered with the ClearWater Project to create a cutting edge interactive map that tells the story of indigenous communities of the Ecuadorean Amazon. Following years of oil contamination, local leaders have banded together to build rainwater catchment systems as a source of clean drinking water. The map brings together photographs, stories and […]
In Acre state, photographer accompanies the drama by floods
More than 5,300 people left their homes and were taken to public shelters. One person died due to leptospirosis and another is missing.