Peru News » Ucayali News Peru » Ucayali » Government: High-flying concessions: Clandestine airstrips, coca crops invade Ucayali’s forests
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/high-flying-concessions-clandestine-airstrips-coca-crops-invade-ucayalis-forests/
Published on: Sunday 15 December 2024
An investigation by Mongabay Latam and Earth Genome identified 45 clandestine airstrips in the rainforest in Peru’s Ucayali department. Ten of these airstrips, most likely built for narcotrafficking ...
News Peru » Ucayali » Government: Shipibo communities create Indigenous guard to protect Peruvian Amazon from deforestation
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/shipibo-communities-create-indigenous-guard-to-protect-peruvian-amazon-from-deforestation/
Published on: Monday 29 May 2023
The Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo peoples, living in Peru’s Ucayali department, near the border with Brazil, have created an Indigenous guard that will help patrol this part of the Amazon and protect their ...