New research from the NGO Conservation Strategy fund, working with federal prosecutors in Brazil, has refined a tool that puts a dollar value on the socioenvironmental costs of illegal gold mining across vital ecosystems in the Amazon.
Lima, May 9 (EFE).- Peru's government has set up a second control post inside a reserve in the northern Amazon region of Loreto with a view to bolstering protection for indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact (known by the Spanish acronym PIACI), the Culture Ministry said Tuesd
Lima, May 9 (EFE).- Peru’s government has set up a second control post inside a reserve in the northern Amazon region of Loreto with a view to bolstering protection for indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact (known by the Spanish acronym PIACI), the Culture Ministry said Tuesday in a statement. Four protection officers …
Ecuador this month recognized a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest in hopes of protecting Indigenous land from threats like mining and livestock. The Tarímiat Pujutaí Nuṉka Reserve covers 1,237,395 hectares (3,057,671 acres) of Andean and Amazonian forests in the Morona Santiago province of eastern Ecuador, where numerous Shuar and Achuar communities have for years […]
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