Environment-Habitat Preservation

Indígenas denuncian crisis humanitaria en la Amazonia colombiana por contaminación

<embed>http://eltiempolatino.com/news/2019/dec/01/indigenas-denuncian-crisis-humanitaria-en-la-amazo/</embed> El Tiempo Latino 12/01/2019

La Organización Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonia Colombiana (OPIAC) y la Mesa Regional Amazónica (MRA) denuncian que la Amazonia colombiana, una vasta mancha selvática superior a las 40 millones de hectáreas que hace parte del denominado pulmón del planeta, atraviesa por su peor crisis humanitaria, reseñó Semana.

Según ambas organizaciones, la minería ilegal, uno de los principales protagonistas en la hecatombe ambiental por la que pasan los recursos naturales nacionales, es uno de los mayores detonantes en la actual crisis humanitaria de los pueblos indígenas amazónicos, una etiqueta que “aunque ha sido reconocida por el Estado, es negligentemente desatendida”.

The National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC) and the Amazon Regional Board (MRA) denounce that the Colombian Amazon, a vast jungle spot greater than 40 million hectares that is part of the so-called lung of the planet, crosses its worst humanitarian crisis, Semana reported .

According to both organizations, illegal mining, one of the main protagonists in the environmental catastrophe through which national natural resources pass, is one of the biggest triggers in the current humanitarian crisis of the Amazonian indigenous peoples, a label that “although it has been recognized by the State, is negligently neglected. ”

The 66 indigenous groups that are part of these groups base their assertion on the forty-seventh session of the Amazon Regional Board, in which several State entities presented some reports of the actions they have developed on the illicit exploration of gold, in compliance of the prior consultation and consultation agreements of the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'

<embed>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/18/amazon-deforestation-at-highest-level-in-a-decade</embed> The Guardian 11/18/2019

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has hit the highest annual level in a decade, according to new government data which highlights the impact the president, Jair Bolsonaro, has made on the world’s biggest rainforest.

The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.

The assault on the planet’s biggest terrestrial carbon sink by land-grabbers, agribusiness, miners and loggers is accelerating. In the year until 30 July 2019, 9,762 sq kms were lost, an increase of 29.5% over the previous 12 months, the Brazilian space agency INPE said.