Articles tagged as: amazon region
Brazilian Government Largest Illegal Logger in the Amazon
October 1, 2008
BRASILIA, Brazil, September 30, 2008 (ENS) – A Brazilian government agency that provides land to settlers is the largest illegal logger in the Amazon rainforest and could face criminal prosecution, Environment Minister Carlos Minc said Monday. Minc blamed Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform, or Incra, for occupying the top six places on a new [...]
Read More »Oil and Gas Blocks Cover 75 Percent of the Peruvian Amazon
May 29, 2008
LIMA, Peru, May 28, 2008 (ENS) – The Peruvian Amazon, a region that holds some of the most pristine and biodiverse rainforests on Earth, continues to face an unprecedented wave of new oil and gas exploration. Peru recently released eight new Amazon oil blocks as part of its 2008 bidding round. According to analysis by [...]
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