Peru News » Amazona News Peru » Amazona » Government: Indigenous Wampis are ambushed in Peru after government backs out of anti-mining joint patrol
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has again brought into focus the issue of illegal gold ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Peru considers long-delayed Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted tribes
BOGOTA, Colombia — A commission in Peru was scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to create a long-delayed reserve in a remote stretch of the Amazon that would protect five uncontacted tribes from ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government action
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This June 2024 photo provided by Survival International shows members of the Mashco Piro along Las Piedras River in the ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Uncontacted tribe attacks encroaching loggers with bows and arrows in Peru's Amazon: "A matter of life and death"
Peru's reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization.
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Peru to Consider New Reserve for Uncontacted Indigenous People
This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of Indigenous people living in isolation from the rest of society.
News Peru » Amazona » Government: The making of an autonomous Indigenous nation in Peru’s Amazon
The Wampís Indigenous people of northern Peru have spent decades resisting the expansion of oil drilling and other extractive projects in their Amazonian territory. In 2015, they became the first ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Amendment to Peru law raises fears of Amazon rainforest destruction
FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Gold demand puts Peru’s Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations for the precious metal to help stem illegal mining ...
News Peru » Amazona » Government: Will my president save the Amazon? (Commentary)
By Enrique Ortiz In the coming months, voters in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia will elect new presidents. Together, these three countries contain roughly 82% of the Amazon rainforest, making their ...