Indigenous community wins, then loses, path to reclaim ancestral rainforest land in Peru
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Residents of Puerto Franco community walk near the limit of Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests was tossed out by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests was tossed out by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)Residents of Puerto Franco community walk near the limit of Cordillera Azul National Park Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests was tossed out by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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Residents of Puerto Franco community walk near the limit of Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests was tossed out by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
