Venezuela is set to hand over 12% of the nation's territory in the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, with 150 companies from 35 countries poised to devastate the army-controlled 'special economic zone'. But resistance is growing, and a counter-proposal aims to protect the area's precious biodiversity, indigenous cultures and water resources in a new South Orinoco Mega Reserve.
… Amazon: mega-nature reserve? Or mega-mining frontier? Lucio Marcello | 30th March 2017 News Venezuela Mining Ecocide Indigenous Peoples Forests … the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, …
More than 100 organisations have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon at risk.
… Rhoades | 15th May 2020 News Ecuador Covid-19 Mining Amazon Ecuadorian Amazon (Photo by … have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar … and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) mining fair in Toronto, Canada in March, 2020. …
The veteran campaigner talks to the Ecologist about the ongoing struggle to secure indigenous land rights and how he successfully took the Colombian government to court
… Natural World Amazon Indigenous Rights Mining Deforestation Climate Change And Energy … Colombian government do to aid your campaign? Mining is a big threat. In the last two years … there have been about 2,000 requests for mining titles in the Amazon. The previous …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… | 5th April 2016 News Amazon Peru Toxics Mining Pollution Health Un youth-cut-2.jpg Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect … due to the large amount of illegal gold mining taking place on their lands. Mercury is …
The Indigenous Peoples of Standing Rock are by no means alone in their struggle for the recognition and preservation of their native lands: a very similar story of resistance against oil extraction is taking place further south, and has been going on for almost half a century, namely the fight of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon against oil pollution and oppression, writes biologist ARTHUR WYNS
… removed from the global market and corporate mining enterprises are the first line of … and the first casualties of oil pollution and mining contamination. The North Peruvian … Indigenous Resistance The impact of oil mining in the Peruvian Amazon has devastated …
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of Indian …
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are employing the tactics of the Occupy movement against oil companies, gold miners and illegal loggers, writes Marc Brightman. Their methods are home-grown: lacking the protection of the state, they have always had to fight their own battles. But recent campaign successes owe much to outside support. We must maintain, and strengthen, our solidarity.
… Pará in Brazil, who began monitoring goldmining and later logging in their territory, … in the Amazon have been the victims of the mining and energy industries for hundreds of … rivers Negro, Orinoco and the lower Amazon), mining for gold, diamonds and other minerals …
COP24 delegates from the Peruvian Amazon shed light on corrupt climate finance and innovative alternatives.
… in plantation projects, illegal gold mining and road construction. There's no … and protected areas, this is due to illegal mining and natural disasters. Indigenous … asking for financing for strategies to reduce mining, mining companies go ahead with their …
As the World Cup gets under way in Brazil, Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa told Liam J Shaughnessy about the very different world he inhabits, deep in the Amazon rainforest - a world of bright spirits, ancient knowledge, union with nature. And a world under threat.
… and the forest. "And there is large scale mining. News is arriving about a quest for large scale mining." If we are all to live well we need to … to open vast swathes of the ancient Amazon to mining and hydroelectricity does pose a huge …
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit. And as Paul Brown writes, the damage is spreading well beyond Amazonia itself ...
… of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is … contaminants including mercury from gold-mining. "Large-scale deforestation is … not benefit, and the profits from minerals, mining and agriculture are siphoned out of the …
Today, the Chief of the Paiter Surui indigenous people in the state of Rondônia, Brazil has issued the following plea for help to stop illegal logging and mining on their lands. The letter is unedited.
… Brazil Deforestation Amazon Illegal Logging Mining … plea for help to stop illegal logging and mining on their lands. The letter is unedited. …
Estela Casanto Mauricio, a Peruvian indigenous leader, was killed for her advocacy for the right to live in a healthy environment.
… trafficking and resource exploitation such as mining, logging, and land-grabbing continue to … emergency. These have been located near to mining projects such as Pan American Silver, …
Brazil's environment minister Ricardo Salles has been met with opposition at every stage of his European tour.
… steal their territories for logging, mining and agribusiness and “assimilate” them … by fire as he meets with c ompanies with mining and fossil fuel interests . Minister …
New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.
… culture, and has links to illegal gold mining, cocaine trafficking and modern day … culture, and has links to illegal gold mining, cocaine trafficking and modern day …
'Governments are weakening environmental protections, violating existing indigenous land rights.'
… study note that government concessions for mining and petroleum extraction overlap nearly … efforts to open territorial lands to new mining concessions. Paulo Moutinho, coauthor …
It may all be over for England, but for Brazil, the battle is only just beginning. Anger over the vast cost of the World Cup - well over $10 billion - and its huge social impacts, is spilling over into a wider fury at massive mega-projects than enrich elites, trash the environment, and leave the poor poorer.
… federal power utlity Eletrobras and the mining giant Vale. Critics argue that the … 30% of its projected power for re-sale to mining and other export-driven industries . …
Brazil's extreme right wing government is preparing to open up the rainforest territories of dozens of uncontacted indigenous tribes to 'free for all' development by defunding the protection they currently receive, according to information received by Survival International, which warns: 'The reality is these cuts could sanction genocide.'
… Peoples Genocide Brazil Law Politics Farming Mining Land Grabs Amazon awa-funai-cut.jpg …
Without water to feed its hydroelectric dams, drought-hit Brazil is turning to solar power - dubbed 'a fantasy' by the country's president just a few years ago, writes Jan Rocha. Now thousands of megawatts of floating solar panel 'islands' are to be installed on dam reservoirs.
Deepening drought forces Brazil to embrace solar power Jan Rocha | 6th April 2015 News Brazil Renewables Solar Dams Wind Amazon Climate Change balbina-sunrise-cut.jpg Without water to feed its …
After a significant drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August 2012-July 2013, according to INPE, the Brazilian Spatial Institute.
… and society." In Pará state illegal mining is the main cause of deforestation, …