USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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Gold’s price surge drives Narcos into illegal mining in the Amazon
Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...
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Gold’s Price Surge Drives Narcos Into Illegal Mining in the Amazon
His single-propeller Cessna plane was loaded with more than 100 pounds of gold ... the Amazon. The haul, worth more than $4 million at today’s prices, had been pulled out of the rainforest ...
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Protecting the Lungs of the Earth: A Novel Approach to Community-Based Rainforest Conservation
As the apocalyptic impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation stare humanity up-close in the face worldwide, so to speak, it has become increasingly clear that ...
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Discovering the New World: AMAZING AMAZON
Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum [email protected] Discovering the Interior of Guyana My work in Guyana ...
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Indigenous communities come together to protect the Colombian Amazon
Indigenous communities are increasingly recognized as the most effective guardians of the Amazon ... Libero Cobre mining project in Mocoa, by Canadian company Libero Copper & Gold, has caused ...
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USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing across the globe
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture ... You might have, say, a resident of Brasília who watches an American TV show on gold mining, and thinks he’s going to be rich. He drops everything ...
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Indigenous communities come together to protect the Colombian Amazon
Indigenous communities like Chasoy’s and Sigindioy Dincoy’s have safeguarded the Colombian Amazon ... Cobre mining project in Mocoa, by Canadian company Libero Copper & Gold, has caused ...
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The huge country that's part of France and in the EU - but nowhere near Europe
It's a unique situation where the EU's influence stretches far beyond the borders of Europe, into the Amazon rainforest ... challenges such as illegal gold mining, which poses threats to both ...
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Belo Sun Mining Corp (BSXGF)
The controversial mining project is located in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, near the Xingu river in northern Para state. The request of prosecutors to end the project is part of a lawsuit over land ...