Giant otters are returning in the Upper Rio Negro region
The giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) are returning to the Upper Rio Negro. Leading victims of fur hunt in more than…
Brazil’s importance in world biodiversity is higher than previously thought, say scientists
Almost a quarter of all the freshwater fish in the world – more precisely 23% – are in the Brazilian…
The northern Amazon loses its forests
A work by Amazon Conservation, Amazon Conservation Team, and Ecociencia, shows through satellite images a large deforestation north of the…
Colombia: Govt rushes to save national park from rampant deforestation
Reports find more than 3 percent of Tinigua’s forest cover was cleared between February and April 2018. Officials worry the…
Drones at the service of the preservation of the Amazon dolphins
In Brazil, the EcoDrones project, implemented by WWF Brazil and the Mamirauá Institute, monitors the river dolphins of the Sustainable…
Hidrovía Amazónica: Natives denounced that attempts against the Peruvian jungle
The Amazon waterway navigability project is denounced, this Wednesday, as “an attack” against the native territory in Peru by the…
ndigenous communities commercialized S / 94 million in the VIII Amazonian Expo held in Ucayali
The Amazon Expo that took place in Ucuyali, Peru from August 9 to 12, allowed the indigenous communities to promote…
Illegal fishing and Amazon deforestation operations linked with offshore tax havens
Deforestation in the Amazon has been linked to the Brazilian beef and soy industry, which makes extensive use of offshore…
ExpoAmazonica: regions present 32 private investment projects
ProInversión and the Regional Government of Ucayali organized the “Amazon Invests” Forum, in the city of Pucallpa, within the framework…
The rare black jaguar that excites scientists in the Amazonian forests of Bolivia
The melanic jaguar – a genetic variation of the jaguar species that gives it a black coloration – has aroused…