Matt Finer
@MattFiner
Amazon researcher and explorer since 2003. Currently focused on advancing the field of real-time monitoring. Senior Research Specialist at Amazon Conservation.
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https://maaproject.org/en/ 20-07-2014 23:06:07
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Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
'But in the last few years, Amarakaeri has scaled up in this list of most threatened protected areas in southern Peru' Sidney Novoa
news.mongabay.com/2024/04/defore…
Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Amazon Conservation,Aimee Gabay,Mongabay
Insightful interview with Brazil’s environment minister
'When you have a unified political leadership, where there is no incentive to destroy & there is no collusion with crime, you create a process of deterrence for criminals.'
e360.yale.edu/features/marin…
Yale Environment 360,Jill Langlois
eluniverso.com/larevista/ecol…
Un reporte de Fundación EcoCiencia sobre impacto de erosión regresiva de río Coca indica que la hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair, que produce 30% de la energía eléctrica en Ecuador, está en riesgo (y tal vez ayudó a causar el problema)
El Universo
New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin
Interesting commentary in Mongabay about the latest and greatest new tech for the Amazon
news.mongabay.com/2024/04/new-te…
Robert Muggah,Instituto Igarapé,mapbiomas,Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Earth Genome,Imazon
Organized crime goes international: links to illegal mining in Brazil, Colombia & Peru
Fascinating (& terrifying) look at illegal mining across Amazon
'new hotspots of Amazon illegal mining are in rivers'
ojo-publico.com/5059/organized…
Rodrigo Pedroso,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible - Perú,OjoPúblico
Interesting new report (in Spanish) about how runaway erosion is wiping out primery forests & infrastructure in its path in Ecuadorian Amazon
'desató un proceso de erosión de magnitud tan excepcional que se formó un nuevo cañón'
maaproject.org/2024/erosion-r…
Amazon Conservation,Fundación EcoCiencia
Colombian Amazon:
Illegal roads and Deforestation in Indigenous Reserves & National Parks
In our new report we show recent impacts to Chiribiquete National Park & Llanos del Yari-Yaguara Indigenous Reserve from roads followed by deforestation
maaproject.org/2024/illegal-r…
Amazon Conservation
Amazonia colombiana:
Vías ilegales y Deforestación en Resguardos Indígenas y Parques Nacionales de Amazonia Colombiana
Deforestación masiva 856 hectáreas dentro y fuera Resguardo Indígena Llanos del Yari- Yaguara
+ Parque Nacional Chiribiquete
maaproject.org/2024/vias-ileg…
Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo
‘Narco-deforestation’ and the future of the Amazon
Interesting concept of 'narco deforestation'
That is, armed groups with links to illegal drugs controlling forests and deforestation
In this case, Colombia
Manuela Andreoni,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Rodrigo Botero G
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/cli…
Major fires continue raging in Venezuelan Amazon
These images from yesterday April 15
SOS Orinoco,VE360 ,Jake Spring,Manuela Andreoni
New report (in Spanish) on rise of illegal gold mining in northern Peru - Amazonas region
Invasión de Minería Ilegal en la Región Amazonas (norte Perú)
46 dragas en ríos Santiago y Cenepa, impactando Comunidades Nativas
maaproject.org/2024/mineria-a…
Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Amazon Conservation,Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible - Perú
Colombian Amazon deforestation surges as armed groups tighten grip
Confusing times in Colombia
Last week headlines: Deforestation down 2023
Now: Deforestation up 2024
Why? Armed groups control over the Amazon
Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Luke Taylor,Global Forest Watch
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
Important insight from Rodrigo Botero G on what really going on with drop in deforestation in Colombia
Yes, rare government priority to address deforestation is important
But biggest factor: control & policies of armed groups
Global Forest Watch,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo
fcds.org.co/bosques-sin-es…
Major fires continue raging in Venezuela Amazon
Red in map below = high aerosol emissions in smoke from major fires
Note: there have been unusually intense fires this year in northern Amazon
Global Forest Watch,VE360,SOS Orinoco,Jake Spring,Manuela Andreoni,Amazon Watch
And thanks to Amazon Conservation for all the support over past 9 years to support dynamic field of real-time tropical forest monitoring
200+ public reports on most urgent threats to the Amazon and still going strong
Special thanks to our main data sources
Planet,Global Forest Watch,UMD GLAD
Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it
Story on NPR about restoration pilot project in devastated mining zone in Peru
Project led by Pure Earth
CINCIA,Miles Silman,Simeon Tegel,Luis E. Fernandez
npr.org/sections/goats…
Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon
Great field-based article in The New Yorker on Brazil's battle against illegal miners in Yanomami Indigenous Territory
Profiles specialized tactical unit known as G.E.F.
Pro tip: listen to article
newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
Global forest loss update for 2023
Confirms major drop in forest loss in Colombia
But the factors are complex, including improved government focus on deforestation & armed groups issuing prohibitions on deforestation
research.wri.org/gfr/latest-ana…
Global Forest Watch,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Amazon Conservation
Spanish version of report on Venezuela crack down on illegal mining on sacred tepuy
Lo bueno: Gobierno responde y elimina minería ilegal del tepui en Parque Nacional Yapacana
Lo malo: Continúa la minería ilegal en zonas aledañas al Parque
maaproject.org/2024/mineria-t…
SOS Orinoco
