{"id":1914,"date":"2024-04-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/uncategorized\/loreto-first-cases-of-deforestation-due-to-illegal-mining-detected-in-the-nanay-river\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:40:19","slug":"loreto-first-cases-of-deforestation-due-to-illegal-mining-detected-in-the-nanay-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/news\/loreto-first-cases-of-deforestation-due-to-illegal-mining-detected-in-the-nanay-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Loreto: First cases of deforestation due to illegal mining detected in the Nanay River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Satellite images show that the number of active dredges has increased by more than 50% compared to 2023.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iquitos, April 17, 2024<\/strong>. The first cases of deforestation due to illegal mining in the Nanay river basin of Iquitos were detected in a satellite monitoring carried out by the Association for the Conservation of the Amazon Basin (ACCA), which is carried out with the support of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS Peru) in the framework of the project &#8220;Reducing the advance of illegal gold mining in transboundary landscapes of Colombia, Peru and Brazil&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACCA&#8217;s geographic information systems specialist, Sidney Novoa, explained that after analyzing high-resolution images, the initial loss of 0.2 hectares of forest cover has been detected very close to the Alvarenga native community, within the Pintuyacu-Chambira Regional Conservation Area in the Loreto region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The first case of deforestation was detected last year in the Alvarenga native community. This year we have detected the expansion of illegal mining in riparian forests, in vegetation on the Nanay River side, in an area where dredgers mostly operate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, satellite monitoring carried out between January and March detected close to 30 active dredges operating illegally in the upper Nanay river basin, which represents an increase of more than 50 % with respect to the monitoring carried out in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Loreto: Detectan primeros casos de deforestaci\u00f3n por miner\u00eda ilegal en el r\u00edo Nanay de Iquitos\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnSkUvrgObc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is important to be alert because we do not see a reduction in the presence of illegal mining dredges. It is necessary to change to another type of action, another type of strategy (&#8230;) What is required in the Nanay River is a special treatment&#8221;, Novoa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along these lines, the technical specialist of the United for Forests initiative of the FCDS Peru, Martin Arana, pointed out that this report shows that illegal mining in the Nanay River has begun to expand towards the riverbanks, compromising areas of floodable forests and possibly low terraces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This situation is doubly worrisome because, on the one hand, it shows that the actions to eradicate illegal mining that were recently carried out in the riverbed have not been sufficient. On the other hand, the expansion of mining in the surrounding forests implies not only the contamination and destruction of water bodies and the water system, but also the deforestation, contamination and destruction of terrestrial ecosystems,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" data-id=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4-500x353.jpg 500w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4-106x75.jpg 106w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_4-600x424.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 600px, (max-width:1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" data-id=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3-500x353.jpg 500w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3-106x75.jpg 106w, https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_3-600x424.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 600px, (max-width:1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After analyzing high-resolution images, the initial loss of 0.2 hectares of forest cover has been detected very close to the native community of Alvarenga, within the Pintuyacu-Chambira Regional Conservation Area, in the Loreto region<\/strong>. Photos: ACCA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Responses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about this, the regional director of Energy and Mines of the Regional Government of Loreto, Melissa Sotelo, indicated that she will coordinate with the Regional Environmental Management and the Regional Forestry and Wildlife Management to present this information at the next meeting of the Technical Group to Combat Illegal Mining, in order to take multi-sectoral actions to prevent further forest loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his part, the spokesman for the Water Defense Committee, Jos\u00e9 Manuyama, considered these first cases of deforestation as &#8220;devastating&#8221; for the future of Loreto, and asked the authorities to prioritize their actions in the Nanay river basin, which supplies water to half a million inhabitants of Iquitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is the confirmation of what we have been saying, that it is affecting our forests, the same story is happening as in Madre de Dios (&#8230;) If everything continues with this trend, the future of Loreto will be devastating. If the miners are not stopped in the Nanay, it will no longer be a few hectares, but hundreds of hectares,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that this satellite analysis information was collected in the RAMI Bulletin No. 36 prepared by ACCA, which aims to generate alerts on the advance of illegal mining in the Peruvian Amazon. This initiative is supported by the FCDS Peru, within the framework of the project &#8220;Reducing the advance of illegal gold mining in transboundary landscapes of Colombia, Peru and Brazil&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After analyzing high-resolution images, the initial loss of 0.2 hectares of forest cover has been detected very close to the Alvarenga native community, within the Pintuyacu-Chambira Regional Conservation Area, in the Loreto region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,114],"tags":[100,96,98,112],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos-en","tag-amazon","tag-illegal-mining","tag-informal-and-illegal-mining","tag-loreto-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fcds_peru_mineria_ilegal_loreto_rio_nanay_1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1918,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}