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"BLIND AND DEAF? - Pushing the new forestry law |
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Friday, 19 March 2010 22:27 |
The General Directorate of Forests of Peru has taken its latest draft proposal for a Forestry Law. First impressions show that it is more of it. There seem to be built or removed parts observed by many groups.
According to his own program of "consultations" should be - until 15 April - "coordination with regional platforms, among others, Loreto." Besides "working meetings" with dealers, timber industry, agricultural associations and NGOs. "
The question is WHEN AND HOW IS THE CALL?
Intend to keep it all and deliver the text of the final version to the Ministry of Agriculture before 21 April for its next submission to Congress.
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A second hydrocarbon boom threatens the Peruvian Amazon: trends, projections, and policy implications |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:55 |
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A report by Matt Finer and Marti Orta-Martinez,
A rapid and unprecedented proliferation of oil and gas concessions threatens the mega-diverse Peruvian Amazon. That is one of the central conclusions from a pair of researchers who have, for the first time, documented the full history of hydrocarbon activities in the region and made projections about expected levels of activity in the near future.
see more on Amazon Watch link:
http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=2007
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AGROFUELS IN LORETO - more questions than answers |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 23:55 |
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RBEC Energy and Mines and the Regional Government organized the February 26, a Seminar on Biofuels. A good group of representatives from many institutions and civil society could spend an entire morning listening to presentations on the experiences with "bio" or "agro" fuels, the benefits, risks and trends. The space - as the first open space on the subject in the region has been valuable worse were many questions and doubts about the true intentions behind this push toward biofuels and the existence of a real energy policy in Loreto.
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OUR COMMENTS ON PROPOSED NEW FOREST LAW |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:21 |
There are several proposals for new forestry law in Peru.
A draft proposal of the ruling is already in use and have made a first analysis - noting the real danger of legislation that will facilitate the "change of use" of the forest and the spread of agrofuels plantations by large companies.
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NEW VIDEO ON AMAZON |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:14 |
What happens when large multinational oil company in oil exploitation in the Amazon?
We have received news of a new film that gives an assessment of environmental and social impacts experienced by indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Two Canadian scientists - Jena Webb (Ph.D. McGill University) and Nicolas Mainville (M.Sc. UQAM) - to investigate deforestation and pollution in the area since 2001, demonstrate how toxins enter the aquatic food chain and affecting fish-eating communities. The documentary, directed by Mauricio Delfin (Visual Reality), is the researchers during the last trip where they deliver the results to communities in the form of theater.
Watch the movie here: http://vimeo.com/6812936
The blog is here: www.zonacruda.wordpress.com
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