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The Amazon devastated by environmental crime endangering one of the world’s most biodiverse places
For years, environmental crimes in the Amazon were associated with local subsistence practices. However, that scenario changed drastically in the last decades.
Today, activities such...
Peru faces an environmental catastrophe due to illegal mining destroying its Amazonian ecosystem
The illegal mining in Peru advances unchecked in the regions of Huánuco and Ucayali, transforming thousands of hectares of Amazon rainforest into devastated areas.
Recent...
Operation Mother Earth VII in Mexico: Interpol dismantles environmental crime networks with 225 arrests in Latin America
The multinational operation Mother Earth identified more than 400 crimes, ranging from wildlife trafficking and illegal logging to mining linked to human trafficking.
A broad...
“The price of the Amazon? UN denounces a network of slavery behind illegal mining, livestock farming, and deforestation.”
Tomoya Obokata, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, expressed his "enormous concern" this Friday about the continuity of practices similar...
The demand of Amazonian indigenous peoples: Peru, Brazil, and Colombia call for a halt to illegal gold mining and mercury use
During the **First exchange of (https://noticiasambientales.com/compromiso-ambiental/los-pueblos-indigenas-son-la-clave-para-proteger-el-medio-ambiente/#google_vignette)** on illegal gold mining and mercury pollution, held in July (from 2nd to 4th) at **Amacayacu National Natural...
