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Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world
The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial ...
Mongabay News5h
Revived hydropower project to bring forced displacement, Peru communities warn
Peru and Brazil signed an energy agreement that included the construction of several hydroelectric power plants in the ...
The Real News Network9d
How one Peruvian community fought a mine and won
When the Invicta mine opened and its trucks began to rumble up and down the windy roads with precious metals extracted from deep inside, the people of Parán said, “No.” This is episode 39 of Stories ...
Peru court rules in favor of Kichwa territorial rights in the Amazon
A civil court in Peru has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected ...
Grist on MSN3d
Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals
The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against" human rights abuses ...
International Institute for Environment and Development4d
Scaling out Biocultural Heritage Territories and Agrobiodiversity Zones in the copper belt of southern Peru: planning and co-design workshop
In October 2024, Asociación ANDES (Peru) and IIED launched a new project with support from the Ford Foundation to scale up ...
UCA News3d
Pope Leo XIV and the wisdom of the margins
Pope Leo XIV has no illusions about power. He did not seek high office. His heart was shaped by those he served: by farmers, ...