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Failed economic development plans drive deforestation in Andean Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 20 Oct 2016

Gold mining deforestation in Peruvian reserve surpasses 450 hectares

Benji Jones 13 Oct 2016
Mountains near Machu Picchu in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peru’s REDD+ conservation efforts paying off

Dan Collyns 6 Oct 2016
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Signs of regrowth offer hope for Peruvian rainforest cleared for gold

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2016
Hundreds of indigenous people from villages along River Marañon gathered at Saramuro, where Petroperu Station 1 is based, staging a protest against Petroperu and the government. Photo by Ann Wang

A photographer’s journey into a Peruvian oil spill

Ann Wang 3 Oct 2016

Deforestation jumps into Peru reserve, 1,600 hectares of rainforest lost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Sep 2016
Bags of Peruvian coffee beans. Photo by Terra Nera via Wikimedia Commons

Innovative tax credit takes aim at deforestation in Peru

Joseph Charpentier 28 Sep 2016

Peru’s Goldman Prize winner Máxima Acuña denounces attack

Milton López Tarabochia 21 Sep 2016

Wildfires threaten Peruvian Indigenous communities and national park

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 19 Sep 2016
Progression of deforestation in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Image courtesy of MAAP. Data from Planet, Digital Globe (Nextview)

Illegal deforestation hits three regions of Peru

Milton López Tarabochia 15 Sep 2016

Negotiations and protests ongoing in wake of oil spills in Peruvian Amazon

Barbara Fraser 5 Sep 2016

New ‘sleeping beauty’ frog discovered in fragmented Peruvian forest

Apoorva Joshi 25 Aug 2016

Five tools are better than one: determining deforestation drivers from above

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Aug 2016

Timber from Peru 90 percent illegal, finds report issued by U.S. gov’t

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Aug 2016

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Yet another oil spill strikes the Peruvian Amazon

Alexa Vélez 13 Aug 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Peru’s new environmental policies: What are they and will they work?

Justin Catanoso 5 Aug 2016

Identifying the drivers of Amazon deforestation through high-tech maps and stories

Suzanne Palminteri 5 Aug 2016
Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke, Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016

Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2016

Huge cacao plantation in Peru illegally developed on forest-zoned land

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Jul 2016

Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jul 2016

Western Amazonian and Andean forests don’t follow the ecosystem “rules” — here’s why that’s important

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jun 2016
Andy Muñoz of the Marañón Defense Front watches crude drip from a stick he dipped into the stream. Photo by Barbara Fraser.

Communities brace for impact of Peruvian oil spill

Barbara Fraser 29 Jun 2016

Scientists are developing useful new tools for surveying elusive rainforest mammals

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

Facing controversy, Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its Amazon rainforest holdings

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016
Google Map showing location of Barranca, Peru.

Health officials in Peru: oil spill cleanup workers face ‘poisoning and burns’

Barbara Fraser 27 Jun 2016
Workers scoop oil out a stream near Chiriaco, in northern Peru, where crude spilled from a pipeline in late January. Photo by Barbara Fraser.

Amazon oil spill puts Peruvian communities at risk

Barbara Fraser, Milton López Tarabochia 26 Jun 2016

Search warrant executed at Global Plywood over alleged Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

Private conservation area in northern Peru will protect 30 percent of region’s montane forests

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jun 2016

Dams threaten future of Amazonian biodiversity major new study warns

Claire Salisbury 6 Jun 2016

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