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The towering, slow-growing, reddish-barked shihuahuaco, a giant tree found in the Peruvian Amazon, is on the verge of extinction from indiscriminate logging and high international demand for its hard,. Indiscriminate logging pushing giants of Peruvian Amazon to extinction | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE

By FABIANO MAISONNAVEThe Associated Press

Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published Thursday

"Water is part of our culture, it is intrinsic to the Amazon," says José Manuyama, a member of a river defence committee in his native Requena, a town

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For years, Ruth Alipaz has been fighting against the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project. The project involves the construction of two reservoirs that together would flood at least 66,200 hectares (163,500 acres) of land and displace more than 5,000 people, the majority of them Indigenous communities. “They came to my village to threaten me because of […]

As the climate crisis deepens, all eyes are on the fossil fuel industry. With pressure building, these profiteers of climate breakdown have shifted from denying science to peddling false solutions to delay action.

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While Peru is in an ongoing political crisis, the Indigenous movement clamors for justice. The demands are clear: prevent the killings of threatened Earth defenders, pursue legal actions against the murderers, and guarantee Indigenous territorial integrity.

On some days, a strong smell of oil wafts through the Indigenous Kichwa community of October 12, located in Peru’s Amazonian region of Loreto. Residents going outside to see what it is often find an oily stain spreading through the ravine that more than 100 families rely on for fishing, cooking and bathing. On March […]