Peru's Congress may soon approve a road through remote rainforest which is home to the country's last uncontacted tribes. The link to the Inter-Oceanic highway would open the area up to land grabs, wood cutting and gold mining, and expose vulnerable indigenous people to diseases to which they have no immunity.
… Amazon: rainforest road threatens Peru's last isolated tribes Oliver Tickell | 1st December 2016 News Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Transport Human Rights prohibido-cut.jpg Peru's Congress may soon approve a road …
Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… Peru: uncontacted tribe flees massacre in the … International | 22nd August 2014 News Brazil Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining Health … unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous …
Four Indian leaders who have opposed illegal logging in their forests have been shot dead in eastern Peru as they traveled by boat to an indigenous meeting in Brazil. The murders followed pleas to Peruvian authorities for protection, and warnings by Brazilian officials that the Indians were in extreme danger.
… Oliver Tickell | 11th September 2014 News Peru Brazil Indigenous Peoples Forests Water … Ashaninka traveling by boat from eastern Peru to visit neighbors in Acre state, Brazil. … their forests have been shot dead in eastern Peru as they traveled by boat to an indigenous …
Peru has approved the highly controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of isolated Amazon tribes - who will be put at risk of a massive death toll or extinction from introduced diseases.
… Peru: Amazon tribes sacrificed to gas project … 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Gas Fossil Fuels Peru camisea-nanti.png Peru has approved the highly controversial …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… International | 5th April 2016 News Amazon Peru Toxics Mining Pollution Health Un … is taken to control the contamination. In Peru, 80% of a Nahua community have tested … mercury poisoning. Government negligence The Peruvian government has known about the …
In a familiar ritual, the COP20 climate talks have been extended for an extra day as delegates struggle to reach some kind of agreement. The good news is that worthwhile emissions reductions may be achieved - but poor countries are asking: where's the money?
… | 12th December 2014 News Un Climate Change Peru climate-iq-cut.jpg In a familiar ritual, …
The Ecologist website's new Editor has been in place for about a month. Here he takes a break from his ever-burgeoning email inbox to share a few thoughts
… in the US , the slaughter of cetaceans in Peru and Japan , and the climate talks under …
Despite record heat and drought Australia's emissions and coal exports are soaring, says a new report, and both are increasing as a matter of government policy. But a homegrown climate action movement is putting a spanner in the works - and just stopped its first coal train.
… recent global climate negotiations in Lima, Peru - goes against the terms of the Kyoto …
A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon stored in standing forests, with UN and World Bank support. But there's no benefit for forest communities - who even risk expulsion to make way for 'carbon plantations',
… Colombia and Ecuador, and ends in northern Peru. The Region encompasses one of the most …