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

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Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Amazon Conservation,Aimee Gabay,Mongabay

#Pronunciamiento : ¡Condenamos atentado contra la casa del vicepresidente de AIDESEP y exigimos acciones de protección efectivas para defensores indígenas y sus familias!

Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, considered one of the best-protected nature reserves in the world, has seen a spike in deforestation on its fringes from the expansion of illegal coca cultivation and mining, and new road construction. For Mongabay

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The government of Panama continues to delay the process of relocating almost 1,300 Indigenous Guna inhabitants from an island experiencing rising sea levels due to climate change. New for Mongabay

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In recent years, state and corporate actors have been hesitant to adopt measures to reach climate and biodiversity goals, in some cases watering down regulatory frameworks or pulling out of voluntary commitments.

I asked experts why for Mongabay.
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Great piece in the The New Yorker about the Brazilian special forces unit fighting to remove illicit miners from Yanomami lands. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Indígenas Mura, em Autazes (AM), denunciam que a Potássio do Brasil está realizando obras não autorizadas em seu território, com drones e trabalhadores presentes. O território está em processo de demarcação, mas o TRF1 tem decidido em favor da empresa. amazoniareal.com.br/justica-ignora…

En la Moskitia hondureña, un proyecto de compensación de carbono ha disparado las alarmas de una facción de la máxima organización de los indígenas miskita, que denuncia no haber sido consultada. es.mongabay.com/2024/04/incons…

Lula's ambitious anti-deforestation goals depend on employees frustrated with low salaries and bad work conditions. For environmental agents, the profession is simply not paying for the risk. Story for Mongabay edited by Alexandre de Santi

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Civil society groups have criticized a new $61 billion African Development Bank initiative to industrialize African food systems, calling the plan a “significant threat to small-scale farmers.” For Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/2024/03/report…

Colaborei com essa matéria da Aimee Gabay para o Mongabay, sobre a decisão da justiça de São Paulo que invalidou a sobreposição de uma unidade de conservação de proteção integral a um território quilombola no Vale do Ribeira.
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After winning a historic lawsuit late last year, a traditional Afro-Brazilian community has finally obtained legal recognition of its land located in São Paulo’s Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, a protected area. New for ⁦Mongabay⁩: news.mongabay.com/2024/02/new-pr…

A gold mine long feared unsafe collapses in Erzincan, Turkey.
Waves and waves of rock and soil crushing down on workers. Unreal.

A new amendment to Peru’s forest and wildlife law (approved Jan. 10) is being criticized by opponents as unconstitutional and a step backward in forest protection.

For ⁦Mongabay⁩, featuring ⁦César A. Ipenza⁩: news.mongabay.com/2024/02/critic…

For Mongabay: The Colombian government announced in December the creation of a new agrarian judiciary to resolve land conflicts in rural areas of the country, often between peasant farmers and large companies. news.mongabay.com/2024/02/new-ag…

The reaction of two scientists when they realized they had captured images of an animal not seen for 140 years

A new #LandGrabU investigation from grist reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
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