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Posts Tagged ‘Peru’
Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, May 13th, 2012,
Gold rushes in developing countries mean riches for a few and crumbs, death and ecocide for the poor and the environment. But never mind all that, there’s money to be made. Gold in Peru is booming. According to Australia’s 9MSN, Gold is now Peru’s number one export, with countries like Switzerland, Canada and the US as major buyers. The article also briefly mentions the conflicts and environmental damage caused by Peru’s goldmines without going into any detail. Here are some details: Gold mining is destroying the Peruvian Amazon rainforest through deforestation, digging, and mercury, oil and hydrocarbon contamination, which is…
Tags: amazon, gold, gold rush, mercury, mining, Peru
Animals, Wildlife & Flora, May 7th, 2012,
The northern coast of Peru has seen the deaths of huge numbers of pelicans and dolphins in the last few weeks, prompting government warnings to stay away from certain beaches. The Peruvian government’s health alert follows discoveries of some 1,200 dead birds (mostly pelicans) and over 800 dead dolphins. What is causing the deaths of these animals is unknown. One possibility is that warming ocean temperatures have forced anchovies into other waters where the young birds can’t find them, meaning that the birds are dying due to starvation. Some 15 years ago El Niño was blamed for a mass pelican…
Tags: beaches, deaths, dolphins, pelicans, Peru
Nature, Politics, Jan 31st, 2011,
Peruvian loggers who are illegally stripping the Amazon of timber are a threat to an isolated tribe living in a Brazilian part of the rainforest near the border with Peru. Brazil’s government is pressuring Peru to prevent the loggers, but so far nothing significant has been done to stop their advancement into the uncontacted indigenous tribe’s territory. Brazilian Indian leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami: The place where the Indians live, fish, hunt and plant must be protected. That is why it is useful to show pictures of the uncontacted Indians for the whole world to know that they are there in…
Tags: amazon, Brazil, illegal logging, indigenous, isolated tribe, loggers, Peru, rainforest, survival international, uncontacted tribe
Climate Change, Conservation, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 17th, 2010,
Today’s Creature Feature can be found high in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia and Peru. It is the largest of the Puya species and also the largest Bromeliad. The Queen of the Andes plant can grow up to 32.8 feet (10 m) tall and has more than three thousand flowers and between 6 and 12 million seeds on a single plant! It is a Critically Endangered species, with populations on the decline and they are a very isolated and scattered species. Outside of its native habitat, you won’t find many of these plants, except maybe a few dozen in botanical…
Tags: Andes Mountains, Bolivia, Creature Feature, critically endangered species, flower, largest Bromeliad, Peru, Queen of the Andes
Conservation, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 30th, 2010,
Many companies are trying to do something to help the environment these days. Maybe their factories are all solar powered. Maybe their workers help to restore wildlife habitat. Or maybe their delivery trucks are making the switch to EV. Whatever the case may be, it’s a growing phenomenon (and hopefully not the latest passing trend). Jumping on the green wagon this time is Tropicana Juice. The company has already made great effort in recycling and reducing their carbon footprint. Now, their latest mission to save the earth requires your help. If you’ve bought any Tropicana Juice lately, you’ve probably noticed…
Tags: Ashaninka Corridor, Conservation, CoolEarth, environment, Juicy Rewards, Orange Juice, Peru, point system, points, rainforest, redeem, Rescue the Rainforest, trees, Tropicana
Science & Technology, Jul 27th, 2010,
Latin America has huge potential for wind and solar power. Brazil already has large and long-established hydropower and biofuel industries, but along with Mexico, Colombia and other Latin American countries, they are increasingly looking towards European models of renewable energy. From an article in Scientific American: European wind farms dwarf Latin American efforts in terms of production today, but this will change dramatically if Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and other countries in the region continue their wind energy efforts. Whereas Spain generates 20,000 megawatts from wind energy and plans to double that capacity by 2020, Brazil has a capacity to produce…
Tags: America, Brazil, Chile, energy, EU, European, industries, Latin, Mexico, Peru, power, renewable, Solar, Solarpack, Spain, T-Solar, wind
Conservation, Pollution, Jul 25th, 2010,
As gold prices climb, the poor of Peru flock to the country’s rainforest in search of wealth. Check out the below video report from Al Jazeera English on Peru’s illegal gold mining and how it is impacting both the rainforest and the poor of this South American nation. Along with the unregulated digging comes a trail of deforestation and chemical contamination that is damaging one of the most biodiverse regions on earth. –Al Jazeera English Peru poverty drives illegal mining Graham Land Additional resources: Peru: President Garcia will not negotiate with wildcat miners unless they stop protests.
Tags: chemical, gold, illegal, mining, Peru, poor, poverty, rainforest
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Apr 13th, 2010,
I didn’t know a tsunami could occur in a lake. I didn’t know a falling piece glacier could cause a tsunami either. But that’s just what happened in the Peruvian Andes when an ice block broke from the massive Hualcan glacier and plunged into a lake, creating a 23-meter tsunami. The resulting rush of water flooded several towns and resulted in at least one death. The governor of the region that includes the area where the tsunami occurred blamed the disaster on climate change. He may have a point. From a report in the Guardian: It was the latest evidence…
Tags: Andes, death, glacier, lake, Peru, Peruvian, tsunami
Videos & Documentaries, Weird Stuff, Feb 23rd, 2010,
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' src='http://gf2.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/7655.jpg' alt='nasca-lines-explores-the-mystery-of-perus-ancient-geoglyphs' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> The documentary ‘Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets’, currently airing on the National Geographic Channel, uncovers the mysteries surrounding an ancient and fascinating series of designs carved into the floors of the Nasca – or Nazca – Desert in Peru. The lines depict simple designs as well as more elaborate representations of animals and are as large as 200 meters (600 ft) across. They are believed to be the creations of the Nazca people, a pre-Colombian culture that existed in southern Peru from approximately 1,100 B.C. until 750 A.D. From the National Geographic website: Are they ancient road maps or messages…
Tags: documentary, floods, Lines, Machu Picchu, Nasca, National Geographic, Nazca, Peru
Climate Change, Nature, Feb 19th, 2010,
In several gold producing countries, recent increases in the value of the mineral have resulted in disastrous environmental consequences.A BBC News report highlights how gold mining in the south east of Peru– much of it illegal and therefore unregulated – is resulting in rainforest deforestation, mercury contamination and the illegal trafficking of women. Close to 200 sq kms (77 sq miles) of jungle have been lost in the evocatively named Madre de Dios (Mother of God) region. –BBC News Mercury – cheap and easy to obtain – is used to extract gold. As is the situation in Venezuela, Peru’s gold…
Tags: environmental, gold, Honduras, mercury, mining, Panama, Peru, poisoning, rainforest
Climate Change, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Jan 28th, 2010,
The heaviest rains in 15 years have caused flooding in Peru, including the site of the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. The floods, as stated by Australia’s Herald Sun, stranded some 1,500 tourists, many of whom had to be airlifted. Among the stranded were significant numbers of tourists from Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Brazil, which is experiencing some severe flooding of its own. 64 have died due to flooding in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, according to a report by China’s Xinhua News Agency. In addition to the tragedy surrounding the floods, rescue operations in Peru…
Tags: australia, Brazil, China, flooding, floods, Machu Picchu, Peru, Reuters, stranded, tourists
Climate Change, Jan 5th, 2010,
It is perhaps not an earth-shatteringly surprising thing to say that poor and indigenous communities suffer the most from environmental problems. The world’s poor tend to suffer more from economic crises, war, disease, and just about everything else when compared to those of better means. After all, if wealth doesn’t shield you from these things, there isn’t much point in having it, is there? Recent reports exemplify how communities of poor and indigenous people in very different parts of the world are coping with harsh conditions caused or exacerbated by climate change. One instance is the plight of the inhabitants…
Tags: alpaca, Andes, Climate change, colder, Guardian, indigenous, mountains, Peru, poor, weather, winter
Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Dec 14th, 2009,
NBC Nightly News continues their series ‘A Perfect Storm’ about those who suffer most from climate change – this time with a report on the melting glaciers in Peru. Melting glaciers mean a future shortage of fresh water for Peru, which may lead to ‘water wars’. Those on the front lines of Peru’s melting glacier crisis are naturally poor farmers, who are on the losing end of the South American country’s human geography, in terms of water. In other words, the overwhelming majority of Peru simply doesn’t live near fresh water sources and so it has to be pumped in…
Tags: Climate change, melting glacier, NBC, perfect storm, Peru, water, water wars
