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Several palm oil and cacao companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon have systematically contributed to clearing at least 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) between 2012 and 2021 in the country’s most forest-rich regions of Loreto and Ucayali, shows a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The investigation “Carving up the Amazon” claims that deforestation […]

A new amendment to Peru’s forest and wildlife law is being criticized by opponents as unconstitutional and a step backward in forest protection after it came into effect Jan. 10 following approval by Congress. The revised law (Law 29763) legalizes agricultural activities without the need for certain environmental evaluations or technical studies on private properties […]

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The agrarian reform process in Peru began in 1964. Originally a cautious effort targeting the more egregious examples of peasant exploitation, it was dramatically expanded by a left-wing military government in 1969. Between 1970 and 1975, more than 15,800 landholdings, covering slightly more than nine million hectares, were confiscated and redistributed to more than 370,000 […]

Regularizing land tenure on landscapes where private property predominates is more challenging than on landscapes occupied by communal landholdings. In part, this is due to their greater number, but the task is further complicated by the limited resources of their owners and the chaotic nature of frontier landscapes. The Censo Nacional Agropecuario of 2012 enumerated […]

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Geneva, Jan 31 (EFE).- An amendment to Peru’s forestry law could legalize and encourage the dispossession of indigenous lands, warned the UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Francisco Calí Tzay, on Wednesday. “This law will have a negative impact on the ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon,” the expert said, …

Peruvian agribusiness Virú announced the firm recently achieved a long-term goal of certifying its acai crop as organic.

United Nations, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Recent reforms to forestry and wildlife legislation in Peru today threaten the physical and cultural survival of indigenous peoples, according to a UN human rights expert.

Illinois Wesleyan University is hosting an international scholar in February who will discuss mining practices in Latin America.