Peru News » Amazona News Peru » Amazona » Social: Peru grants legal rights to stingless bees for the 1st time
In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have recognized stingless bees as holders of rights in their own ecosystems, ...
News Peru » Amazona » Social: 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 » Social: Video shows isolated Amazon tribe emerge from rain forest in Peru amid threat from loggers
New photos and rare video of an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the Peruvian Amazon show a collection of the people emerging from a rain forest – perhaps due to encroaching logging operations. The ...
News Peru » Amazona » Social: A closer look at Peru’s Amazon reveals new mining trends, deforestation
A new analysis from the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program shows differences in mining patterns in the central and northern departments of the country, compared with southern departments like ...
News Peru » Amazona » Social: ‘We have no choice’: Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru’s Amazon
Members of the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard who patrol the Peruvian Amazon, watching for coca crops being planted in the rainforest — a source of deforestation, violence, and bloodshed on their land.
News Peru » Amazona » Social: Why Volunteer in Peru Programs Are Popular Among Global Travelers
Peru has long captured the imagination of adventurers, historians, and humanitarians alike. From the soaring peaks of the Andes to the lush expanse of the ...