Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/peru/ Environmental science and conservation news Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png Peru environmental news https://news.mongabay.com/list/peru/ 32 32 The global gold rush consuming the Amazon (commentary) https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-global-gold-rush-consuming-the-amazon-commentary/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-global-gold-rush-consuming-the-amazon-commentary/#respond 30 Jul 2026 02:47:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=324710 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-global-gold-rush-consuming-the-amazon-commentary/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-324710 Scientists call on countries to act on ‘forgotten’ sawfish teeth trade https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/scientists-call-on-countries-to-act-on-forgotten-sawfish-teeth-trade/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/scientists-call-on-countries-to-act-on-forgotten-sawfish-teeth-trade/#respond 23 Jul 2026 22:12:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=324439 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/scientists-call-on-countries-to-act-on-forgotten-sawfish-teeth-trade/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-324439 Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/perus-only-penguin-species-at-risk-from-upcoming-el-nino-and-bird-flu-experts-warn/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/perus-only-penguin-species-at-risk-from-upcoming-el-nino-and-bird-flu-experts-warn/#respond 20 Jul 2026 11:11:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=323856 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/perus-only-penguin-species-at-risk-from-upcoming-el-nino-and-bird-flu-experts-warn/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-323856 Roads, loggers close in on an unprotected refuge for isolated Kakataibo https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/roads-loggers-close-in-on-an-unprotected-refuge-for-isolated-kakataibo/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/roads-loggers-close-in-on-an-unprotected-refuge-for-isolated-kakataibo/#respond 07 Jul 2026 17:40:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=322779 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/roads-loggers-close-in-on-an-unprotected-refuge-for-isolated-kakataibo/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-322779 María Laura Tolmos, 37, turned a childhood in the Amazon into her life’s work https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/maria-laura-tolmos-37-turned-a-childhood-in-the-amazon-into-her-lifes-work/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/maria-laura-tolmos-37-turned-a-childhood-in-the-amazon-into-her-lifes-work/#respond 06 Jul 2026 19:45:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=322527 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/maria-laura-tolmos-37-turned-a-childhood-in-the-amazon-into-her-lifes-work/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-322527 Lawsuit demands accountability for Cerro de Pasco mining pollution in Peru https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/lawsuit-demands-accountability-for-cerro-de-pasco-mining-pollution-in-peru/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/lawsuit-demands-accountability-for-cerro-de-pasco-mining-pollution-in-peru/#respond 16 Jun 2026 21:14:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=321332 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/lawsuit-demands-accountability-for-cerro-de-pasco-mining-pollution-in-peru/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321332 In Peru and Brazil, extractivism threatens Indigenous people in isolation: Report https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/in-peru-and-brazil-extractivism-threatens-indigenous-people-in-isolation-report/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/in-peru-and-brazil-extractivism-threatens-indigenous-people-in-isolation-report/#respond 05 Jun 2026 21:58:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=320678 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/in-peru-and-brazil-extractivism-threatens-indigenous-people-in-isolation-report/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-320678 Genetic study reveals extinction risk for unique mangrove-adapted pampas cat https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/genetic-study-reveals-extinction-risk-for-unique-mangrove-adapted-pampas-cat/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/genetic-study-reveals-extinction-risk-for-unique-mangrove-adapted-pampas-cat/#respond 05 Jun 2026 16:09:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=320650 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/genetic-study-reveals-extinction-risk-for-unique-mangrove-adapted-pampas-cat/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-320650 Most wildlife AI focuses on the ground. This model looks up in the trees https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/most-wildlife-ai-focuses-on-the-ground-this-model-looks-up-in-the-trees/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/most-wildlife-ai-focuses-on-the-ground-this-model-looks-up-in-the-trees/#respond 28 May 2026 06:46:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=320225 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/most-wildlife-ai-focuses-on-the-ground-this-model-looks-up-in-the-trees/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-320225 Peru’s Quellaveco mine tied to water scarcity, contamination, investigation finds https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/perus-quellaveco-mine-tied-to-water-scarcity-contamination-investigation-finds/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/perus-quellaveco-mine-tied-to-water-scarcity-contamination-investigation-finds/#respond 26 May 2026 18:13:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=320143 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/perus-quellaveco-mine-tied-to-water-scarcity-contamination-investigation-finds/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-320143 Will my president save the Amazon? 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https://doi.org/10.66709/news-315312 Peru-Brazil Bioceanic Railway brings too much risk to the Amazon, experts warn https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/peru-brazil-bioceanic-railway-brings-too-much-risk-to-the-amazon-experts-warn/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/peru-brazil-bioceanic-railway-brings-too-much-risk-to-the-amazon-experts-warn/#respond 31 Mar 2026 17:16:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=316557 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/peru-brazil-bioceanic-railway-brings-too-much-risk-to-the-amazon-experts-warn/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-316557 In Peru, Indigenous women work to save an ancestral potato from disappearance https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/in-peru-indigenous-women-work-to-save-an-ancestral-potato-from-disappearance/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/in-peru-indigenous-women-work-to-save-an-ancestral-potato-from-disappearance/#respond 31 Mar 2026 07:02:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=316544 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/in-peru-indigenous-women-work-to-save-an-ancestral-potato-from-disappearance/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-316544 As traditional forest governance erodes in Peru, ‘ghost permits’ fill the vacuum https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/as-traditional-forest-governance-erodes-in-peru-ghost-permits-fill-the-vacuum/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/as-traditional-forest-governance-erodes-in-peru-ghost-permits-fill-the-vacuum/#respond 30 Mar 2026 20:23:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=316593 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/as-traditional-forest-governance-erodes-in-peru-ghost-permits-fill-the-vacuum/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-316593 China’s Pacific squid fishery rife with labor, fishing abuses: Report https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/chinas-pacific-squid-fishery-rife-with-labor-fishing-abuses-report/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/chinas-pacific-squid-fishery-rife-with-labor-fishing-abuses-report/#respond 03 Mar 2026 15:47:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=315118 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/chinas-pacific-squid-fishery-rife-with-labor-fishing-abuses-report/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-315118 How cockfighting imperils Peru’s critically endangered sawfish https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/how-cockfighting-imperils-perus-critically-endangered-sawfish/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/how-cockfighting-imperils-perus-critically-endangered-sawfish/#respond 27 Feb 2026 12:27:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=314903 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/how-cockfighting-imperils-perus-critically-endangered-sawfish/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-314903 Big cats get the press, but small wildcats are being poached and trafficked in silence https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/big-cats-get-the-press-but-small-wildcats-are-being-poached-and-trafficked-in-silence/ 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