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New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2019

Peru: Gold mine operating without license destroys primary forest in protected area

Yvette Sierra Praeli 17 Oct 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019
Andean cock of the rock bird in Manu. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New road risks Pandora’s box of disruption in world’s most biodiverse national park (commentary)

William Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee 28 Aug 2019

Peru aims to eliminate palm oil deforestation by 2021

Genevieve Belmaker 23 Aug 2019

On Peru’s border, the Tikuna tribe takes on illegal coca growers

Alexa Vélez, Vanessa Romo 20 Aug 2019
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon

Lisa Palmer 15 Aug 2019

Gov’t takedown of illegal gold mining in Peru shows promise, but at a cost

Justin Catanoso 9 Aug 2019

Peru: Invaders claim their first victim at the Macuya Forest Investigation Center

Yvette Sierra Praeli 9 Aug 2019

Fuel trafficking sustains illegal mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios

Vanessa Romo 31 Jul 2019

‘Extremely rare’ fossil tooth of hamster-sized monkey found in Peru

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2019

Peru’s crackdown on coca pushes illegal growers toward protected areas

Vanessa Romo 30 Jul 2019

Small-scale farming is a big threat to biodiversity in the western Amazon: Study

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2019

Corrupt police caught in bust of Peruvian Amazon drug gang

Bethan John 19 Jul 2019

Peru: Madre de Dios land defenders face trouble whether they report crimes or not

Vanessa Romo 5 Jul 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

Peruvian communities demanding crude cleanup brace for more oil activity

Barbara Fraser 14 Jun 2019

New report examines drivers of rising Amazon deforestation on country-by-country basis

Mongabay.com 23 May 2019

Canopy-dwelling rainforest mammals most sensitive to human disturbance

Mongabay.com 15 May 2019

Coops, community, and agroforestry: Q&A with coffee entrepreneur Dean Cycon

Erik Hoffner 13 May 2019

Mercury poisoning chief among health problems facing Peru’s uncontacted tribes

Ramiro Escobar 9 May 2019
A shark catch in Pucusana, Perú. Image courtesy of Oceana.

Weak governance undermines South America’s ocean ecosystems

Michelle Carrere 26 Apr 2019

Camera trap study finds a threatened high-elevation mammal community in Peru

Mike Gaworecki 23 Apr 2019

Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation

Marcio Pimenta 18 Apr 2019

Peru: Get to know the diverse wildlife of the cloud forests of Pampa Hermosa | VIDEOS

Yvette Sierra Praeli 11 Apr 2019

Forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase

Taran Volckhausen 21 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Bolivia’s Batman and Peru’s birdy cave drawings

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2019
Julio Cusurichi. Image courtesy of FENAMAD.

Defending the Amazon’s uncontacted peoples: Q&A with Julio Cusurichi

Dan Collyns 13 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Scandal rocks famed Easter Island park and a freshwater crab discovery

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2019

Record levels of deforestation in Peruvian Amazon as gold mines spread

Yvette Sierra Praeli 6 Mar 2019
The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

Video: scientists capture giant spider eating an opossum

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Mining bust in Peru, mining boom in Chile

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

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