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By Vanessa Romo “People think that because we live in the forest we have plenty of water, but this is the reality,” Erick Tijé, an Indigenous Harakmbut resident of the southern Peruvian Amazon, says ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds
Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practices ...
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: World-first basic income trial boosts Indigenous livelihoods and Amazon rainforest protection
A pilot project in which Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon were given an unconditional basic income significantly improved community well-being, strengthened food security and supported ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: Where Ancestral Knowledge Meets Modern Tech
An aerial view of the Rio Momon in the Amazon Rainforest near Iquitos, Peru, one of South America’s most biodiverse regions. Photo: © Curioso.Photography – stock ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous peoples in Amazon
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Peru faced the final day of a landmark hearing before a regional human rights court Friday over allegations that it failed to protect Indigenous peoples living in isolation in ...
News Peru » Amazona » People: Drugs are becoming institutionalized: Interview with Ticuna leader in Peru’s Amazon
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Francisco Hernández Cayetano, president of the Federation of Ticuna and Yagua Communities of the Lower Amazon, about substance ...