The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' according to a new report about hundreds of major dams and other mega-projects planned for the region - home to the world's greatest rainforest. David Hill reports.
… Industrializing Amazon at risk of 'ecosystem collapse' David … Energy Mining Renewables carajas_mine.jpg The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' … hydroelectric dams will be built across the Amazon basin and its headwaters if current …
As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, writes Tim Radford, new research shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate.
… Amazon tribes' forests are a vital carbon sink … The forest territories of the Amazon's indigenous peoples are essential for … shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only …
Tension is mounting in one of the remotest regions in the Peruvian Amazon over plans to build a highway through the country's biggest national park
… Amazon 'uncontacted' tribes at risk from new … plan David Hill | 19th January 2012 News Amazon Tribes Natural World Deforestation Peru … one of the remotest regions in the Peruvian Amazon over plans to build a highway through …
Amazon tribes in Peru's rainforest are at risk of 'massive deaths' from new diseases to which they lack immunity, gas company Pluspetrol admits - as it tries to expand its Camisea gas project into a Reserve for isolated indigenous people.
… Gas company: Amazon tribes vulnerable to 'massive deaths' … | 20th January 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Amazon Peru Fossil Fuels Gas Energy camisea-nanti.png Amazon tribes in Peru's rainforest are at risk …
Peru is to expand its Camisea gas project although it threatens uncontacted Amazon tribes with extinction, reports David Hill. The decision also ignores UN pleas to stop the operations.
… Peru - gas expansion in Amazon 'indigenous reserve' David Hill The Guardian | 14th January 2014 News Amazon Peru Gas Fossil Fuels Indigenous … gas project although it threatens uncontacted Amazon tribes with extinction, reports David …
Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
… Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to fight Amazon oil exploration David Hill | 8th … A Matsés leader in the Peruvian Amazon pledges to attack oil workers intruding … a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration …
UK-based oil and gas company Perenco is expanding its operations in the Peruvian Amazon - in a remote area known to be inhabited by highly vulnerable indigenous people living in 'voluntary isolation'. But as David Hill reports, Perenco denies their existence ...
… to expand in territories of 'isolated' Amazon tribes David Hill | 15th April 2014 … is expanding its operations in the Peruvian Amazon - in a remote area known to be … Institute for the Development of Andean, Amazonian and AfroPeruvian Peoples (INDEPA), …
Politicians deny the existence of isolated tribes like the Mashco-Piro as oil, gas and logging exploration increasingly encroaches on their forest territory
… Photos of indigenous people in Peru's Amazon who have no regular contact with … centuries scores of people poured into the Amazon to source rubber to supply the rapidly … NGO with extensive experience in Peru's Amazon, in a 2007 report about the Purus …
Ecuador's state oil company PetroAmazonas has, in secret, built a road deep into the heart of the world-famous Yasuni National Park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, writes David Hill - violating promises and threatening uncontacted indigenous tribes.
… Hill | 6th June 2014 News Transport Ecuador Amazon Oil Indigenous Peoples Forests … Ecuador's state oil company PetroAmazonas has, in secret, built a road deep … Yasuni National Park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, writes David Hill - …
Scientists have found that the world's second greatest rainforest, the Congo, is losing its green, writes Tim Radford. As temperatures rise and rainfall reduces, the forest canopy is taking on a browner hue, and this could be an early signal of worse damage to come.
… Radford | 30th April 2014 News Forests Africa Amazon Congo Water Climate Change Ecology … consequent rises in temperature. And in the Amazon ... Across the Atlantic, things also look bleak for the Amazon rainforest, according to Paulo Brando …
The Peruvian Government is updating the legal status of one of Peru's most important reserves, reportedly exposing 'isolated' indigenous groups to danger.
… way from his home along the Napo river in the Amazon. He told The Ecologist : “An … the remotest parts of the south-east Peruvian Amazon. Territorial reserve He explained: “In … Extractive activities However, the Andes Amazon Fund (AAF), which describes itself as a …
Stripping OSINFOR of independence is a major step back in protecting the Peruvian Amazon.
… 8th January 2019 News Peru Rainforest Logging Amazon an_osinfor_office_atalaya.1.jpg … a major step back in protecting the Peruvian Amazon. Stand at a certain point along the … of Puerto Maldonado, a town in the Peruvian Amazon, and you’ll see trucks transporting …
A month-long blockade of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of compensation and cleanup for Peru's Kichwa communities who have suffered 40 years of contaminated waters from oil drilling operations in their remote Amazon region. But until the funds materialize, they are holding firm in their resolve.
… of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of compensation … from oil drilling operations in their remote Amazon region. But until the funds … along the River Tigre in the remote Peruvian Amazon are demanding over 100 million Peruvian …
Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in ‘voluntary isolation’ and others in the early stages of contact. David Hill reports
… gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate … on the Environment, Ecology and Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Peoples finalised … tribes" says Gregor McLennan from USA NGO Amazon Watch. "Expanding into Lot Fitzcarrald …
Despite massive clearance of carbon-rich forests for palm oil, cattle ranching, soybeans and other cash crops, writes Tim Radford, a new study finds that the net volume of carbon stored in trees is increasing thanks to their growing numbers on grasslands, on abandoned farmland, and in China.
… The great rainforests of the Congo , the Amazon and Southeast Asia may not be doing so …