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FLOR DE UCAYALI, Peru, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - O ne evening last November, hooded and masked men wielding automatic rifles walked onto the village green in the middle of Flor de Ucayali ...
News Peru » Ucayali » People: The illegal runways exposing the Kakataibo people to drug violence in Peru
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay Latam has identified six secret runways in and around Indigenous reserves in the regions of Ucayali, Huánuco and Pasco in the Peruvian ...
News Peru » Ucayali » People: ‘This land is our life’: Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo people defend forest from illegal destruction in Peru
More than 300 community members participate in La Guardia Indigena, protecting around 8 million hectares of one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth from logging, fishing, and coca growing. Aerial ...
News Peru » Ucayali » People: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN ISOLATION AND INITIAL CONTACT: WWF–PERU EFFORTS TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND FORESTS
The Purus-Manu Conservation Corridor (PMCC) is one of the largest forest areas encompassing around 10 million ha. This landscape straddles the regions of Ucayali, Cuzco and Madre de Dios in Southern ...
News Peru » Ucayali » People: Oil Palm Restores Degraded Jungle Areas and Opens Market Opportunities for the People of Ucayali
The Aguaytía River flooded the Shambo Porvenir community. GREEN CANOPY. Where coca fields once stood, efforts are now underway to sustainably reforest the jungle, including through oil palm ...