BREAKING NEWS
Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection
Read full article: Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protectionPeru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer zone by 42% last week.
Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing
Read full article: Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearingIndigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government action
Read full article: Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government actionTwo loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon.
Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'
Read full article: Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon.