In 2013 the Association of Young Conservationists of High Pilcomayo, in Peru, requested a concession to preserve space and ecosystem services in an area in the department of Cusco. They still do not get the concession.
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Petroperú apologizes to communities for oil spills in the Amazon
After spilling 3000 barrels of oil in Cuninico, Petroperú apologized to the indigenous communities affected in a public hearing for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Peru: The brazen serpent that is poisoning the Amazon
Recent report finds pollution levels caused by oil spills in the northeastern Amazon region of Peru: has been found mercury and cadmium in the blood and urine of people of Cuninico and San Pedro (Loreto)
Peruvian won the National Geographic award for Leaders in Conservation
Victor Zambrano has been nominated for this global society as an “anonymous leader conservation” because of his environmental education work with children of Madre de Dios region.
Peruvian government affirms illegal plantation activity in Amazon rainforest
Peru’s forest authority has issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange condemning United Cacao’s plantation projects.
Is it possible to take care of the Amazon with the help of a computer?
From their computers, scientists and experts are translating technical data to allow us to see with new eyes what is happening with the Amazon.
Peruvian presidential candidates spur concerns among environmentalists
Peru will have a new president and, until now, the environment has not been one of the fundamental topics of the public debate.
Why dredges are prohibited in the Amazon? How do they work?
Dredgers in alluvial mining, mainly in Madre de Dios, Peru, caused impacts such as mercury contamination of water sources, changing the course of rivers and sedimentation.
Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, ‘will destroy’ ecosystems
A new analysis finds gold mining has shortened the Malinowski River and sullied its water.
Improvised emergency: pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Evidence of mercury pollution in Madre de Dios and its impact on health abound from years ago but on the verge of knowing the new President of Peru, emergency was declared in the Amazon region.