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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: Tuesday 30 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: 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: Peru Arrests Mining Gang Suspect With 22 Grenades

News channel or source: https://www.riotimesonline.com/peru-madre-de-dios-alias-leo-capture-2026/

Published on: Saturday 10 October 2026

Police in Madre de Dios detained an alleged gang deputy with 22 war grenades, two days after an officer was shot dead on the same Amazon highway.

News Peru » Madre de Dios: 2030 Roadmap approved in Peru to boost the Amazon Chestnut sector in Madre de Dios with decent work and sustainability

News channel or source: https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/2030-roadmap-approved-peru-boost-amazon-chestnut-sector-madre-de-dios

Published on: Saturday 07 June 2025

This strategic planning tool—developed with the active participation of Amazon Chestnut harvesters’ associations, enterprise, authorities and technical partners such as the ILO and CITEproductivo ...

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: Peru Running Out of Ideas to Stop Illegal Mining in Madre de Dios

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/news/brief/peru-illegal-gold-mining/

Published on: Monday 11 March 2019

Authorities have dismantled about 30 illegal mining camps during the first week of the operation Authorities in Peru launched a large-scale operation aimed at driving out illegal gold mining and other ...

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 ...

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