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By Mike DiGirolamo Mongabay staff writer Aimee Gabay joins the Newscast this week to discuss her reporting trip to the Peruvian Amazon, where she spoke with the Indigenous Matsés community. She made ...
News Peru » Amazona » Health: Drought is deepening a health crisis among Peru’s recently contacted Indigenous Matsés
Until a century ago, few Matsés had ever been in contact with a white person before. The Indigenous people lived in a remote area of the Amazon Rainforest, along the border of Peru and Brazil, in ...
News Peru » Amazona » Health: In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river
Mongabay reviewed nearly three decades of scientific research on the impact of heavy metals and traveled to several Amazonian communities to track the course of mercury contamination.
News Peru » Amazona » Health: New setbacks for Peruvian Amazon reserve put uncontacted tribes at risk
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since 2003, Indigenous organizations have been calling for the establishment of Yavarí Mirim, an extensive reserve for hundreds of isolated ...