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“Green Nobel” will recognize environmental work in the Amazon rainforest

“Green Nobel” will recognize environmental work in the Amazon rainforest “Green Nobel” will recognize environmental work in the Amazon rainforest

Alfred Nobel’s great-grandnephew offers a prize “Green Nobel”outside the Nobel Foundation, to the environmental defenders of the Amazon jungle. Marcus Nobel, a Swedish-American businessman based in Portland, Oregon, has established this annual environmental award to highlight projects that help preserve and sustain the rainforest and protect its biodiversity. The United Earth Amazonia Award will be […]

Increase in immigrants from Asia and Africa turns the Amazon rainforest into a corridor

Increase in immigrants from Asia and Africa turns the Amazon rainforest into a corridor Increase in immigrants from Asia and Africa turns the Amazon rainforest into a corridor

People from 69 countries were arrested in the framework of a recent operation against illicit trafficking of migrants and human trafficking carried out throughout the American continent, indicating the rise in the number of Asians and Africans crossing oceans and continents to reach USA. The fifth edition of Operation Turquoise, coordinated by Interpol, brought together […]

More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle in 2023, a historical record

More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle in 2023, a historical record More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle in 2023, a historical record

More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darien jungle on their way to North America so far in 2023, a historical record of individuals who crossed this natural border between Panama and Colombiamost of them Venezuelans, official sources informed EFE this Wednesday. Of the 501,297 migrants who have crossed what is known as the […]

In the Amazon, indigenous women rescue a small tribe from the brink of extinction

In the Amazon, indigenous women rescue a small tribe from the brink of extinction In the Amazon, indigenous women rescue a small tribe from the brink of extinction

At night, in this small village near the Assua River in Brazilthe jungle tropical reverberation. The sound of the generators at times competes with that of the forest, a sign that there are people here. Until recently, the Juma people seemed destined to disappear like countless other amazon tribes decimated by the European invasion. In […]

Peru teaches the gastronomy of the Amazon in Morocco

Peru teaches the gastronomy of the Amazon in Morocco Peru teaches the gastronomy of the Amazon in Morocco

The ‘VI Peruvian Gastronomic Festival’, focused in this edition on the Amazon with a tasting menu by chef Luis Arévalo, will take place this Thursday in Rabat organized by the Peruvian Embassy in Morocco. “The charm of the Peruvian jungle brought to the kitchen: Discovering Amazonian gastronomy” is the title of the 2023 edition of […]

Rioja, Lamas and Sauce: conservation and meditation destinations

Rioja, Lamas and Sauce: conservation and meditation destinations Rioja, Lamas and Sauce: conservation and meditation destinations

To begin this trip, you have to leave, or better forget, your urban luggage. You have to get rid of the stress of the city and embrace lightness: swimwear, sunscreen and repellent will be your faithful companions. The San Martín region has 10 provinces and 77 districts. To get there, the only airport is in […]

Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ask Brazil to declare a climate emergency

Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ask Brazil to declare a climate emergency Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ask Brazil to declare a climate emergency

indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon They asked the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergencyas their villages do not have clean water, food or medicine due to serious drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel on the jungle, its leaders said Tuesday. The drought and heat wave have killed masses of fish in […]

Huánuco and Tingo María: adventure destinations between waterfalls and viewpoints

Huánuco and Tingo María: adventure destinations between waterfalls and viewpoints Huánuco and Tingo María: adventure destinations between waterfalls and viewpoints

On the plane that took me to Huánuco, I sighed when I realized that my luggage was mostly summer clothes. I was wearing several shorts, bividis and a single long-sleeved shirt that could serve as a sweater, casual suit or gala if an occasion called for it. However, after a forty-minute trip from Lima, I […]

Social networks, the deception that encourages thousands of migrants through the Darién jungle

Social networks, the deception that encourages thousands of migrants through the Darién jungle Social networks, the deception that encourages thousands of migrants through the Darién jungle

Horrible, horrible, many migrants repeat. The passage through Darien jungle, the natural border between Panama and Colombia, is not as they imagined. Guided by videos that flood social networks and the stories of acquaintances, misinformation and deception accentuate the migration crisis. “Strength, strength!” cheers a man as he guides a group of migrants through the […]

Mining in Brazil, a time bomb against the peoples of the jungle

Mining in Brazil, a time bomb against the peoples of the jungle Mining in Brazil, a time bomb against the peoples of the jungle

The advance of the mining on indigenous lands and conservation units in Brazil is a time bomb against jungle peoples and the environment, which can result in even greater destruction if it is not disarmed in time, defended researchers and activists. Artisanal mining, mostly illegal, has expanded in the last four years, taking advantage of […]