By: Jackeline Borjas, Amazon program of DAR We are a country where violence and murders against defenders of the Amazon still prevail and increase. From 2017 to 2020, 1,268 murders have been reported globally[1], where only in 2020, according to what was denounced by the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), every […]
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California should reduce consumption of oil extracted from the Amazon rainforest, according to NGO
The state of California (United States) must eliminate or significantly reduce the consumption of oil extracted from the Amazon rainforest to protect the ecosystem, vital to curbing the effects of climate change, from further degradation, said two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a report. US Energy Information Administration import data and shipping records helped Stand.earth and […]
Indigenous rights and development in the Urubamba, beyond Camisea
By: Agilio Semperi, president of the Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River (COMARU) A trend that has been maintained over the years in the Peruvian Amazon is trying to promote development focused on the implementation of extractive projects without respecting the rights of indigenous peoples, including territorial rights. This is reflected in the promotion of […]
The Economist: Walmart hits back at Amazon in a ‘war’ just beginning
In theory, this should be a good time to be Walmart, the dean of American retailers that came of age in the stagflationary era of the 1970s. Inflation is back, but no one better than the ‘Beast of Bentonville’ you know how to use the power of roar to convince suppliers to lower prices. Supply […]
Colombian Amazon subjected to “aggressive deforestation” by dissident FARC forces
The guerrillas who excluded themselves from the peace agreement with the Colombian state carry out aggressive deforestation in the local Amazon to introduce cattle and plant the raw material of cocaine, the Prosecutor’s Office denounced when announcing charges against the fugitive rebels. ‘Gentil Duarte’, one of the most wanted men in Colombia, and his subordinates […]
The Brazilian Amazon registers the highest deforestation in the last 15 years
The Amazon Brazilian it lost 13,235 square kilometers of vegetation cover between August 2020 and July 2021, the largest degraded area for a 12-month period in the last 15 years, the government reported. Logging in the Brazilian part of the largest rainforest in the world in the last year was 21.97% higher than in 2020 […]
COP26: direct financing for indigenous peoples?
By: Isabel López, Amazon program of DAR Climate change exists. And its impacts are not myths or smoke screens, but problems that mainly affect indigenous peoples who, according to the World Bank, occupy up to 22% of the earth’s surface. Indigenous territories contain 80% of the biodiversity that still remains on the planet, and that […]
Musk satellites could monitor deforestation in the Amazon
Updated on 11/17/2021 05:07 am The richest person in the world and the Government of Brazil discuss a partnership to monitor the Amazon rainforest via satellite. Elon Musk met with President Jair Bolsonaro’s Communications Minister in Austin, Texas, on Monday to discuss the possibility of using satellite technology provided by companies. Starlink Inc and Space […]
Amazon birds have dwarfed to adapt to climate change
In the last forty years, the climate change man-induced has not only reduced the number of birds in the jungle amazonian, but also has changed their size: they have become smaller and with longer wings. This is warned by a study, published this Friday in Science Advances, which explains that these physical changes, which have […]
Record deforestation in the Amazon contradicts Brazil’s speech at COP26
The record of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in October, released this Friday, has cast doubt on the conciliatory speech of the Government of Jair Bolsonaro at the Climate Conference in Glasgow. The Brazilian Amazon, the largest rainforest on the planet, lost 877 square kilometers of vegetation cover in October, the largest area devastated for […]