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News Peru » Madre de Dios: Peru: Madre de Dios land defenders face trouble whether they report crimes or not

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/environmental-defenders-in-perus-madre-de-dios-face-double-jeopardy/

Published on: Thursday 04 July 2019

In the buffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, men and women have resisted the threats of mining and illegal logging for 12 years. Operation Mercury 2019, launched to ...

News Peru » Madre de Dios: In Peru's Madre de Dios region, church helps indigenous peoples survive

News channel or source: https://www.ncronline.org/news/perus-madre-de-dios-region-church-helps-indigenous-peoples-survive

Published on: Thursday 08 March 2018

Bishop David Martínez de Aguirre Guinea of Puerto Maldonado listened as Harakmbut leader Matilde Tije described the predicament of her people. In this hamlet of 110 residents, there is no school or ...

News Peru » Madre de Dios: Fuel trafficking sustains illegal mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/fuel-trafficking-sustains-illegal-mining-in-perus-madre-de-dios/

Published on: Wednesday 31 July 2019

Mongabay Latam confirmed that one of the new trafficking methods is the modification of fuel tanks in vehicles to allow room for more fuel, which is permitted by the Ministry of Transport and ...

News Peru » Madre de Dios: Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/04/02/1231873144/gold-mining-reduced-this-amazon-rainforest-to-a-moonscape-now-miners-are-restori

Published on: Monday 01 April 2024

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...

News Peru » Madre de Dios: Peru battles the golden curse of Madre de Dios

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/articles/486306a

Published on: Tuesday 19 June 2012

Attempts to reduce the environmental and health impacts of mining cause unrest. “You go out to these communities that are so incredibly poor, and there is money buried in the dirt,” says Jason ...

News Peru » Madre de Dios: In Peru’s Madre de Dios region, Church helps indigenous peoples survive

News channel or source: https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/03/perus-madre-de-dios-region-church-helps-indigenous-peoples-survive

Published on: Saturday 10 March 2018

Bishop David Martinez de Aguirre Guinea of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, chats with a man Feb. 20 from the indigenous community of Arazaire. (Credit: CNS photo/stringer.) Listen ARAZAIRE, Peru — Bishop ...