Peru

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When Carbon Credits Drive People From Their Homes

Blanca Begert 12/12/2021

Conservation efforts are acting to deny people living in...

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A Fossilised Forest Creates a Picture of Our Ancient World

Deborah Woodcock and Herb Meyer 12/06/2021

This petrified forest, El Bosque Perificado Piedra Chamana, is...

An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle after it was cleared by farmers in Itaituba

Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest Rose By 17% In 2020

Anastasia Moloney 08/04/2021

Brazil lost over 1.5 million hectares of primary forest...

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How the Women of Cuninico Are Leading Peru’s Fight for Community Rights

Francesca García Delgado and Vanessa Romo 26/12/2020

The women formed three organisations that have been crucial...

Celestina of Porcón Alto, a rural region high in the Andes, whose family has lived on the same plot of land for generations. Credit: Andrea Vale/IPS

Waiting for Healthcare in the Mountains of Peru

Andrea Vale 10/10/2017

“The doctors are always telling us that they’re going...

Sarita Custodio chained herselves to the health ministry to protest for what they describe as rampant pollution from a sprawling polymetallic mine operated by Peruvian miner Volcan, outside of the health ministry in Lima

Peruvians Chain Themselves to Health Ministry to Protest Mining Pollution

Reuters 23/06/2017

The pollution caused by a nearby mining project is...

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The Resistance of Peruvian Coffee

Jack Lo Lau 09/06/2017

In Peru, coffee production has declined to less than...