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Amazon Nations Organize Observation Center to Protect Rainforest
May 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Countries that share the Amazon basin resolved in the Ecuadorian city of Coca to create an observation center charged with promoting studies and coordinating actions to protect the rain forest, considered the lung of the planet. continue reading »
Top Five Most Beautiful Mammals in the Amazon
May 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
There are approximately 800 different species of mammals in the Amazon Rainforest that have been classified. In an area spanning 2.124 million sq miles (5.5 million km²), there are bound to be more exotic creatures yet to be discovered. continue reading »
Peru: New Protected Areas in Amazon Near Ecuador, Colombia
April 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latin American Wonders
Those areas - the Güeppi-Sekime National Park, the Huimeki Communal Reserve and the Airo Pai Communal Reserve - are located in Maynas province, which borders Ecuador and Colombia. continue reading »
Ecuador Looking for Major International Support for Environmental Project
February 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ecuador's government hopes to raise about $240 million this year for the Yasuni-ITT environmental project, which would place large oil reserves in a section of the Amazon off limits to development, acting President Lenin Moreno said. continue reading »
CO2 Emissions From Amazon Deforestation Drop 16 Percent this Year
December 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere as a result of Amazon deforestation dropped to 352 million tons this year, or 16 percent less than in 2011, Brazil's state-run National Space Research Institute, or INPE, said. continue reading »
Brazilian Federal Police Clash with Munduruku Indians Killing 1, Injuring 9
November 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An indigenous man was killed in a gunfight between Brazilian federal police and Munduruku Indians earlier this week in a remote Amazonian village, authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Peruvian Government Creates New Protected Areas in Amazon Near Ecuador, Colombia
October 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru's government has created three new protected areas in the vast northern Amazon region of Loreto, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal said. continue reading »
Controversial Amazon Dam Project is Suspended by Brazilian Court
August 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Brazilian federal court has ordered a halt to work on a controversial hydroelectric dam project in the Amazon region, citing irregularities in the approval process. continue reading »
Peruvian Pipeline to Transport Ecuadorian Crude from Amazon
August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ecuador will use a Peruvian pipeline to transport crude extracted from the southern part of its Amazon region, the Non-Renewable Natural Resources Ministry said. continue reading »
Amazonian Awá Tribe Threatened by Plans of Railway Expansion
July 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Plans by a giant mining company to expand a controversial railway line that has already opened up parts of Brazil’s Amazon to invaders, are now putting Earth’s most threatened tribe in direct danger. continue reading »
Mick Jagger Tested as Peru’s Environmental Ambassador
June 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Music legend Sir Mick Jagger has been drawn into a bitter row over an ‘illegal gas grab’ in the Peruvian Amazon. continue reading »
Peru’s New Amazon Road Could Threaten Uncontacted Tribes’ Land
May 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will divide the Madre de Dios Reserve, where at least two uncontacted tribes live. continue reading »
LOOSEN UP this weekend with a Latin American Natural Wonder
December 3, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
LOOSEN UP this weekend with a Latin American Natural Wonder. Guess What and Where this is? continue reading »
Brazil Govt to Dispatch Security Force in Amazon to Protect Indigenous Tribes from Drug Cartels
August 15, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
The Brazilian government says it will dispatch National Security Force agents to help protect a tribe of uncontacted Indians missing after drug traffickers attacked a government guard post. continue reading »
Another Defender of Amazon Rainforest Brutally Murdered
June 16, 2011 | by Agenzia Fides | Latino Daily News
The farmer and activist for the defense of the Amazon, Obed Loyla Souza, 31, was killed on Thursday, June 9 in the Brazilian state of Pará (North Brazil). The news was released on June 14. continue reading »
$1.2 Billion in Fines for Brazilian Beef Companies Who Deforest or Employ Slave Labor
April 19, 2011 | by Terra | Latino Daily News
Brazilian authorities have announced fines for 14 companies that buy beef from slave labor farms, or ranches illegally exploiting deforested areas in the Amazon. continue reading »
