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Lima, Sep 14 (EFE).- Environmental organizations and indigenous leaders have warned about the risk to biodiversity and native communities if oil exploration and extraction begins in the site known as MD-XP-001, located in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. The site, according to the organization Rights, Environment and Natural Resources (DAR), is among 31 areas …
Opponents warn that the proposed legislation is "a naked land grab by the oil and gas industry" that critically imperils Peru's uncontacted tribes.
To make change, leaders say the U.N. system needs to do a better job elevating Indigenous voices.
"Indigenous people have to be at the forefront of responses to climate change."