Peru News » Amazona News Peru » Amazona » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: In Peru, Yine women show how defending the Amazon supports local livelihoods
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Women from the Yine Indigenous community in Peru are working to harvest and process the seeds of the murumuru, a native Amazonian palm tree. The ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: The making of an autonomous Indigenous nation in Peru’s Amazon
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Wampís Indigenous people of northern Peru have spent decades resisting the expansion of oil drilling and other extractive projects in their ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender
A Peruvian court on Monday evening convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of Indigenous rainforest defender Quinto Inuma ...