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Matt Finer

@MattFiner

Amazon researcher and explorer since 2003. Currently focused on advancing the field of real-time monitoring. Senior Research Specialist at Amazon Conservation.

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Calculadora de Impactos de Minería de Oro calcula impacto social y ambiental de minería ilegal en Amazonía

Mostrams resultados en 3 comunidades nativas en el sur del Peru: 593 millones de dólares en solo 2 años

Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,CSF,USAID/Peru

maaproject.org/2024/impactos-…

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For the first time, we highlight our strategic collaboration with Indigenous Federation FENAMAD to monitor and crack-down on illegal gold mining in Native Communities in southern Peruvian Amazon

Result: 5 government-led operations

Amazon Conservation,Global Forest Watch

maaproject.org/2024/mining-pe…

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Por primera vez, destacamos nuestra colaboración estratégica con Federación Indígena FENAMAD para monitorear y combatir minería ilegal en Comunidades Nativas

Ha resultado en 5 operaciones en campo Fiscalía Especializada en Materia Ambiental - FEMA

Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,USAID/Peru,AIDESEP,COICA ORG

maaproject.org/2024/mineria-p…

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Our latest update report on gold mining deforestation in southern Peruvian Amazon

>30,000 hectares (76,000 acres) over past 3 years

26% is illegal mining, mostly in Native Communities & Protected Area buffers

Amazon Conservation,CINCIA
Supported by USAID/Peru

maaproject.org/2024/mining-pe…

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Nuevo informe sobre deforestación por minería de oro en el sur de la Amazonía peruana

>30.000 hectáreas en los últimos 3 años

26% es minería ilegal, en Comunidades Nativas y zonas de amortiguamiento de áreas protegidas

Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible - Perú,USAID/Peru

maaproject.org/2024/mineria-p…

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Well-written article by Planet on latest efforts to estimate global forest carbon

'We’ve worked hard to build the best product available- innovating on frontiers of earth obs, AI, & forest carbon-& we share report to let users eval if we hit the mark'

planet.com/pulse/forest-c…

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Coverage in Mongabay Latam about our recent report on illegal roads & deforestation in Colombian Amazon

Da buena resumen de vías ilegales que atraen deforestación en áreas protegidas y territorios indígenas

Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Amazon Conservation,FZS Colombia,David Tarazona

es.mongabay.com/2024/05/colomb…

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What does Peru's 'anti-forest law' mean for the environment?

'It's an incentive for more deforestation because the message that government is sending 'You can come deforest without respecting the laws & eventually get amnesty' Environmental Investigation Agency U.S.

Dan Collyns

context.news/nature/what-do…

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Big success story out of Suriname!

Government denies Mennonites request to begin ag projects that would cause massive deforestation

'Minister Ramdin explains there were 2 main reasons for stopping project: social reality & large-scale deforestation'

srherald.com/suriname/2024/…

Big success story out of Suriname! Government denies Mennonites request to begin ag projects that would cause massive deforestation 'Minister Ramdin explains there were 2 main reasons for stopping project: social reality & large-scale deforestation' srherald.com/suriname/2024/…
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Vanishing Trees & Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

Detailed (& sobering) look at current deforestation situation in Bolivia from InSight Crime

Mennonites, agribusiness & settlers have spearheaded recent deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

insightcrime.org/investigations…

Amazon Conservation

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DIRTY GOLD ROUTES: A DECADE OF ILLEGAL MINING AND LAUNDERING

Investigative series by OjoPúblico reveals that Amazon countries export way more gold than what is officially produced

Meaning lots of illegal gold getting laundered and then shipped abroad

ojo-publico.com/especiales/lat…

DIRTY GOLD ROUTES: A DECADE OF ILLEGAL MINING AND LAUNDERING Investigative series by @Ojo_Publico reveals that Amazon countries export way more gold than what is officially produced Meaning lots of illegal gold getting laundered and then shipped abroad ojo-publico.com/especiales/lat…
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Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities

'But in the last few years, Amarakaeri has scaled up in this list of most threatened protected areas in southern Peru' Sidney Novoa

news.mongabay.com/2024/04/defore…

Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Amazon Conservation,Aimee Gabay,Mongabay

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Insightful interview with Brazil’s environment minister

'When you have a unified political leadership, where there is no incentive to destroy & there is no collusion with crime, you create a process of deterrence for criminals.'

e360.yale.edu/features/marin…

Yale Environment 360,Jill Langlois

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eluniverso.com/larevista/ecol…

Un reporte de Fundación EcoCiencia sobre impacto de erosión regresiva de río Coca indica que la hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair, que produce 30% de la energía eléctrica en Ecuador, está en riesgo (y tal vez ayudó a causar el problema)

El Universo

eluniverso.com/larevista/ecol… Un reporte de @F_EcoCiencia sobre impacto de erosión regresiva de río Coca indica que la hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair, que produce 30% de la energía eléctrica en Ecuador, está en riesgo (y tal vez ayudó a causar el problema) @eluniversocom
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New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin

Interesting commentary in Mongabay about the latest and greatest new tech for the Amazon

news.mongabay.com/2024/04/new-te…

Robert Muggah,Instituto Igarapé,mapbiomas,Conservación Amazónica - ACCA,Earth Genome,Imazon

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Organized crime goes international: links to illegal mining in Brazil, Colombia & Peru

Fascinating (& terrifying) look at illegal mining across Amazon

'new hotspots of Amazon illegal mining are in rivers'

ojo-publico.com/5059/organized…

Rodrigo Pedroso,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible - Perú,OjoPúblico

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Interesting new report (in Spanish) about how runaway erosion is wiping out primery forests & infrastructure in its path in Ecuadorian Amazon

'desató un proceso de erosión de magnitud tan excepcional que se formó un nuevo cañón'

maaproject.org/2024/erosion-r…

Amazon Conservation,Fundación EcoCiencia

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Colombian Amazon:
Illegal roads and Deforestation in Indigenous Reserves & National Parks

In our new report we show recent impacts to Chiribiquete National Park & Llanos del Yari-Yaguara Indigenous Reserve from roads followed by deforestation

maaproject.org/2024/illegal-r…

Amazon Conservation

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Amazonia colombiana:
Vías ilegales y Deforestación en Resguardos Indígenas y Parques Nacionales de Amazonia Colombiana

Deforestación masiva 856 hectáreas dentro y fuera Resguardo Indígena Llanos del Yari- Yaguara

+ Parque Nacional Chiribiquete

maaproject.org/2024/vias-ileg…

Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo

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‘Narco-deforestation’ and the future of the Amazon

Interesting concept of 'narco deforestation'

That is, armed groups with links to illegal drugs controlling forests and deforestation

In this case, Colombia

Manuela Andreoni,Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo,Rodrigo Botero G

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/cli…

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