MAAP #133: Deforestation Continues in National Parks of Colombian Amazon
As we have indicated in previous reports (MAAP #120), there is an “arc of deforestation” in the northwest Colombian Amazon, impacting numerous protected areas and indigenous reserves. Here, we emphasize that this deforestation currently impacts four National Parks: Tinigua, Macarena,…
MAAP Colombia: Chiribiquete – Deforestation Hotspots in the Colombian Amazon, part 3
MAAP #86: Deforestation Hotspots in the Colombian Amazon, part 3: Chiribiquete-Macarena We present our third report* in a series investigating deforestation hotspots in the Colombian Amazon. Here, we focus on the “Chiribiquete-Macarena” hotspot, located between the Chiribiquete and La Macarena…
MAAP #83: Climate Change Defense: Amazon Protected Areas and Indigenous Lands
Tropical forests, especially the Amazon, sequester huge amounts of carbon, one of the main greenhouse gases driving climate change. Here, we show the importance of protected areas and indigenous lands to safeguard these carbon stocks. In MAAP #81, we estimated…
MAAP #82: Oil-related Deforestation in Yasuni National Park, Ecuadorian Amazon
MAAP #82: Oil-related Deforestation in Yasuni National Park, Ecuadorian Amazon https://www.maaproject.org/yasuni_eng/ Yasuni National Park, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is arguably the most biodiverse area in the world. It is also the ancestral territory of the Waorani, …
MAAP #81: Carbon loss from deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
When tropical forests are cleared, the enormous amount of carbon stored in the trees is released to the atmosphere, making it a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) that drive climate change. In fact, a recent study revealed…
MAAP #77: Deforestation Hotspots in the Colombian Amazon, part 2
We present the second in a series of story maps investigating deforestation hotspots in the Colombian Amazon. Our goal is to identify the most critical hotspots (areas with the highest densities of deforestation) and use satellite imagery to identify the…
MAAP Interactive: Deforestation Drivers in the Andean Amazon
Since its launch in April 2015, MAAP has published over 70 reports related to deforestation (and natural forest loss) in the Andean Amazon. We have thus far focused on Peru, with several reports in Colombia and Brazil as well. These…
MAAP #61: Illegal Gold Mining Decreases in Tambopata National Reserve
In the previous MAAP #60, we showed the rapidly increasing illegal gold mining deforestation in the buffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve. In contrast, here we show that the rate of illegal gold mining deforestation is decreasing within Tambopata National…
MAAP SYNTHESIS #2: PATTERNS AND DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
We present our second synthesis report, building off our first report published in September 2015. This synthesis is largely based on the 50 MAAP reports published between April 2015 and November 2016. The objective is to synthesize all the information…
MAAP #46: Gold Mining Deforestation Within Tambopata National Reserve Exceeds 450 Hectares
In previous articles, we documented the illegal gold mining invasion of Tambopata National Reserve (Madre de Dios region in the southern Peruvian Amazon) in November 2015 and the subsequent deforestation of 350 hectares as of July 2016. Here, we report…