Results of monitoring confirm contamination in drinking water sources.
Tag: peru
Loreto: Amazon Network created to promote the care of natural resources
Organization is named Amazon Conservation Network Loreto (RACOL)
Meet Peruvian tribe who lives in the past
The Ashaninka, nation of the Peruvian Amazon, blood-spattered survivors in an adverse world.
National mining strike ended after signature of commitment document
After five days of strike, representatives of informal miners pledged to continue the formalization process.
Five thousand miners are poised to formalize in Madre de Dios
Interdictions will continue against illegal miners.
Peru: Illegal operation against illegal mining in reserve
The Police of Peru carried out an operation to combat the exploration of mineral resources in the buffer zone of the Tambopata Reserve.
Miners on Strike: Roads to Madre de Dios blocked
Miners marched and blocked streets and routes of Madre de Dios, including the Inter-Oceanic Highway.
Video of Amazon gold mining devastation goes viral in Peru
Video went viral on Youtube after a popular radio and TV journalist in Peru highlighted the story.
Hydroelectric construction would displace farmers
Chadin 2 Hydroelectric would displace more than a thousand people who would lose their homes and fields.
Madre de Dios: Regional government officials are linked to informal mining
Two officers have mining concessions and are in the process of formalization.