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Pope’s message to Amazonia inspires hope, but will it bring action?

Justin Catanoso 22 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

680000 acres of Amazon rainforest may be lost to Peru’s new roads

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jan 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018
Heather D'Angelo in front of a Moena Alcanfor grove in Peru. Photo by Shahrzade Ehya with permission.

Former Mongabay intern, now pop star, launches Amazon-friendly perfume

Genevieve Belmaker 2 Jan 2018

Musicians and Indigenous communities join to fight illegal logging in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 21 Dec 2017

Camera traps reveal surprises in Peru

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 6 Dec 2017

Environmental policy under the Kuczynski Administration: Steps forward for conservation efforts in Peru (commentary)

Haley Wiebel, Enrique Ortiz 2 Nov 2017

Interoceanic Highway incites deforestation in Peru, threatens more to come

Bart Crezee 1 Nov 2017

Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2017

‘Then they shot me’: Land conflict and murder in Ucayali, Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Oct 2017

Booming legal Amazon wildlife trade documented in new report

Claire Salisbury 6 Oct 2017

Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin

Claire Asher 19 Sep 2017

Local approaches to conservation may be the most effective, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Sep 2017

Ecologist wins Heinz environment prize for airborne mapping that informs policy

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2017

Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)

David S. Salisbury 8 Sep 2017

Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate

Claire Salisbury 28 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Five instances in which Peru won the battle against deforestation

Milton López Tarabochia 2 Aug 2017

Canopy bridges keep rainforest animals connected over gas pipeline

Claire Salisbury 2 Aug 2017

International action a must to stop irreversible harm of Amazon dams, say experts

Claire Salisbury 19 Jun 2017

Financing sustainable agriculture possible, if terms fit farmers’ needs

John Cannon 2 Jun 2017

The resistance of Peruvian coffee

Jack Lo Lau 30 May 2017
Banner photo courtesy of EIA

Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 years

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 18 May 2017
Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) forest scan in the Peruvian Amazon. The CAO uses advanced optical and chemical sensors in combination with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technologies to map forest carbon, chemistry, and other features. Image courtesy of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory/Greg Asner.

Indigenous lands ‘critical’ to forest protection in Peru, biodiversity maps show

John Cannon 5 May 2017

Land titling for indigenous communities leads to forest protection, peer-reviewed study finds

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2017

Two new clown tree frogs discovered in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 27 Mar 2017

Short film takes you into the Amazon with researcher who discovered a new frog species

Mike Gaworecki 8 Mar 2017

Introducing Mongabay news alerts

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

New species of poison frog discovered in Amazonian slopes of Andes in southeastern Peru

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jan 2017

‘Out of control’ wildfires damage protected areas in northern Peru

Benji Jones 17 Jan 2017

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