GLAD warning system identifies areas of forest loss analyzing Landsat satellite images (30 m resolution) weekly.
Tag: peru
Peru: Petróleo e mineração unidos contra áreas naturais protegidas
Petroleum and mining, after destroying and contaminating everything they touched, now want to invade Peru’s national parks.[:]
Peru: conservation, economic development and a new government
The director of Andes Amazon Fund analyzes and highlights the successes and failures of the government is ending and notes with concern the proposals of the government that is about to begin.[:]
Peru: United Cacao project is in territory classified as forest land
According to studies by the Ministry of Agriculture, most United Cacao deforestation occurred in soils suitable for forestry, which is not permitted.[:]
Peru presents “Route to Tambopata” to promote private conservation
It is a campaign to promote tourism and conservation in Madre de Dios by the Private Conservation Areas in the region near the Tambopata National Reserve.
Peruvian indigenous peoples expel illegal miners from its territory
Indigenous Wampis conducted an operation against dozens of illegal miners who contaminated with mercury and cyanide the Santiago river basin, in the Amazon region.
Ministry of Environment of Peru recognizes a new private conservation area in Loreto
The Ministry of Environment in Peru (MINAM) set apart 244.92 hectare area in Loreto as a new Private Conservation Area to conserve the ecosystem for local populations.
Hydropower: a threat to the Maranon River in Peru?
More than 20 hydroelectric plants designed to operate in this Amazon river could displace more than 40,000 people from riverside areas
Peru confirms that deforested area by United Cacao is of forest protection
The area that was designed to protect timber forest, was deforested to be used in the development of agricultural activities.
Hotspot of deforestation in the central jungle of Peru (Huanuco)
By 2015, deforestation was calculated at 7,930 hectares (equivalent to 10,865 football fields) in the study area. The main driver would be pasture for cattle.