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More than 40 tourists kidnapped – then freed – by indigenous community that demands construction of a freeway in Madre de Dios

Ruxandra Guidi 25 Sep 2015

Papal encyclical draws harsh critique from Peru’s private sector

Justin Catanoso 24 Sep 2015

Pope’s encyclical draws support from Peru’s #1 environmental official

Justin Catanoso 23 Sep 2015

Pope and Peru’s top mining CEO agree and at odds on environment

Justin Catanoso 22 Sep 2015

Using art and technology to save the Amazon

Nika Levikov 21 Sep 2015

Scientists capture first ever footage of rare, threatened bird in Peru’s Cerros del Sira

Mike Gaworecki 15 Sep 2015

Cacao plantation ramping up forest clearing in Peru

John Cannon 9 Sep 2015

Peru’s Conundrum: a Pope’s environmental message divides his people

Justin Catanoso 4 Sep 2015

400+ dams could irrevocably harm Amazon ecology — but solutions exist

Julian Smith 28 Aug 2015

Hundreds of new Amazon dams an “ecological experiment” on global scale

Julian Smith 27 Aug 2015

Migration between Peruvian Andes and Amazon impacts both environments

Saul Elbein 21 Aug 2015

Scientists discover new primate in the embattled heart of the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 17 Aug 2015

Pope’s environmental encyclical arrives in Peru to mixed reviews

Justin Catanoso 11 Aug 2015

Poor enticed by gold and better life, leave behind environmental ruin

Saul Elbein 7 Aug 2015

Meet Peru’s new fleshbelly frog

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Aug 2015

Mining the heart of the Mother of God: Peru’s gold rush claims more forest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Aug 2015

Peru boasts green credentials, slashes deforestation protections

Bill Hinchberger 29 Jul 2015

David & Goliath: Locals resist multinational dams, mines—sometimes win

Saul Elbein 27 Jul 2015

Peru’s ronderos: Persecution of the Marañón patrolmen

Veronica Goyzueta 20 Jul 2015

Will Sierra del Divisor soon become Peru’s newest national park?

John Cannon 16 Jul 2015

Satellites spot deforestation in almost-approved Peruvian national park

John Cannon 16 Jul 2015

Jhuliño’s legacy: Life and death on the Marañon River (photo essay)

Saul Elbein 16 Jul 2015

Amazon Headwaters Under Siege: 19 dams slated for Napo watershed

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2015

Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2015

Researchers find ‘hidden tapestry’ of plant chemicals in Amazon forest

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jul 2015

New reserve in Peru will protect nearly a million acres of pristine forest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jun 2015

Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2015

It can be done! – Building better dams in the Andean Amazon

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 18 Jun 2015

Gold miners invade Amazonian indigenous reserve

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jun 2015

151 dams could be catastrophic to Amazon ecological connectivity

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 10 Jun 2015

Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 4 Jun 2015

Cajamarca: Let them Eat Gold

Veronica Goyzueta 3 Jun 2015

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