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Heaviest rains, hottest temperatures in two decades batter Peru
2016-03-03 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The heaviest rains and hottest temperatures in two decades have battered Peru over the past week as weather linked to El Nino caused flooding and landslides that blocked the country's central highway and forced scores from their homes. At least five people have died in weather related accidents since Monday, including four trapped in an unregulated mining pit, said Miguel Yamasaki, an official with state civil defense institute, Indeci. Peru's weather agency, Senamhi, put the country on alert for...
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Want to keep tabs on that new logging road in Peru? Well now you can
2016-03-03 03:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Currently, GLAD alerts are available for Peru, the Republic of Congo, and Indonesian Borneo (though coverage will be expanding), giving administrators in those countries the opportunity to respond quickly to illegal logging and other illicit forest activities. Its going to be very, very helpful, Brian Zutta Salazar, a scientist specializing in remote sensing at the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment in Lima, told Nature. Peru has seen particularly high increases in deforestation over the past...
Peru pipeline leaks in Amazon; Two rivers polluted, agency says
2016-02-23 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ruptures in Peru's main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude in an Amazonian region, operator Petroperu said Monday, and the oil has polluted two rivers native villages rely on for water, according to government officials. Two breaks in the pipeline have halted transportation of 5,000 to 6,000 barrels of oil per day, state-owned Petroperu said. The oil has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru, said national environmental regulator OEFA. At least eight...
US on Mission to Boost Food Exports to Chile, Peru
2016-01-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead a trade mission March 14 to March 18 to expand export opportunities for US agriculture in Chile and Peru.
Peru terminates head of forest watchdog agency
2016-01-16 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Rolando Navarro Gómez has been the executive president of Perus forestry monitoring agency, known as OSINFOR, or Organismo de Supervisión de los Recursos Forestales y Fauna Silvestre, since 2012. A forestry engineer educated in his native Peru and with extensive experience with USAIDs Proyecto Perú Bosques and the World Wildlife Fund, Navarro Gómez represented a shift in the Peruvian governments commitment to fight illegal logging. Under Navarro Gómez, Peru made big strides to coordinate with...
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