The Andean Amazon Monitoring Project published a report warning that the Yapacana National Park in Amazonas state has been significantly affected by mining. According to the study, an accumulated mining deforestation of 1,537 hectares is estimated within the Yapacana National Park and almost half has occurred between 2021 and 2022.
The Andean Amazon Monitoring Project (MAAP) denounced the increase in deforestation due to illegal mining in the Yapacana National Park, in the state of Amazonas. The organization explained that the Yapacana is going through “intense illegal mining activity,” including on top of the sacred Yapacana tepui.
“We found the new deforestation of more than 750 hectares within this sector of the Yapacana National Park between 2021 and 2022,” the experts detail in a report published on the organization’s website. The Amazon Monitoring Project estimated a cumulative mining deforestation of 1,537 hectares within the Yapacana National Park and almost half has occurred between 2021 and 2022.
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«Of the total accumulated deforestation, 17 hectares have occurred on the top of the sacred tepuy. Over a third (35%) have recently occurred in 2021-22,” he said.
During the month of December, the National Armed Forces (FAN) dismantled an illegal mining camp that operated within the National Park with 27 motorcycle pumps, 10 power plants, 6 turbines, and 5,000 meters of hose.
Likewise, in October 2022 they denounced the murder of an indigenous man identified as José William Moreno in the illegal mines that operate within the park, according to the NGO Kapé Kapé.
MAAP is is a project Amazon Conservation Association and ACCA-Amazon Conservationwhich has received support from the International Fund for Conservation of Canada, the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch Small Grant Fund, the Gordon And Betty Moore Foundation, and the USaid initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon (ICAA).
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