https://news.mongabay.com/list/peru/ Environmental science and conservation news Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png https://news.mongabay.com/list/peru/ 32 32 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/#respond 16 Nov 2023 11:43:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275494 - Bolivia is pressing ahead with its plans to expand activity of its hydrocarbon sector, while in Ecuador, there is an ongoing debate in international courts over an emblematic pollution case.
- In Peru, not a single environmental liability has yet been fully dealt with, while in Colombia a law has just been passed that will seek to catalog the damage caused by the oil industry.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/#respond 14 Nov 2023 14:00:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275300 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/#respond 13 Nov 2023 16:53:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275306 - Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/#respond 09 Nov 2023 11:09:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275123 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/#respond 08 Nov 2023 23:14:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275112 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/drug-trafficking-imperils-national-park-and-indigenous-reserves-in-the-peruvian-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/drug-trafficking-imperils-national-park-and-indigenous-reserves-in-the-peruvian-amazon/#respond 03 Nov 2023 17:50:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274969 - During aerial reconnaissance, Mongabay Latam reporters observed clearings, trails and unauthorized airstrips in the park and Indigenous reserves.
- The NGO Global Conservation is beginning work to train members of Indigenous communities to monitor and enforce forest protection regulations.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/drug-trafficking-imperils-national-park-and-indigenous-reserves-in-the-peruvian-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/poisoned-for-decades-by-a-peruvian-mine-communities-say-they-feel-forgotten/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/poisoned-for-decades-by-a-peruvian-mine-communities-say-they-feel-forgotten/#respond 02 Nov 2023 13:45:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274904 - Repeated environmental samplings have shown that heavy metal levels surpass by hundreds of times national and World Health Organization safe limits; the most recent research by the NGO Source International reveals persistently high levels of contamination in Cerro de Pasco’s waters and soils.
- IQ levels in children living in Cerro de Pasco have been significantly impacted by exposure to heavy metals.
- Both the Peruvian government and Volcan, the mining company operating in Cerro de Pasco, have done little to nothing to remediate contamination and respond to the communities’ pleas for help.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/poisoned-for-decades-by-a-peruvian-mine-communities-say-they-feel-forgotten/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/#respond 01 Nov 2023 16:00:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274813 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/#respond 31 Oct 2023 15:30:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274809 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/#respond 25 Oct 2023 22:18:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274538 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/#respond 24 Oct 2023 21:37:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274523 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/#respond 24 Oct 2023 16:48:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274557 - The map show 58 instances of illegal mining in virtually every Amazonian country (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana), 49 of them illegal.
- The map also shows that there were 36 instances of mining activity overlapping with a protected area or Indigenous territory.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/#respond 19 Oct 2023 14:10:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274327 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/#respond 17 Oct 2023 21:52:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274322 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/#respond 11 Oct 2023 23:33:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274084 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/#respond 10 Oct 2023 10:58:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274078 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/#respond 05 Oct 2023 16:30:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273811 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/investing-in-the-pan-amazon-how-chinas-investment-operates/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/investing-in-the-pan-amazon-how-chinas-investment-operates/#respond 04 Oct 2023 16:09:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273795 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/investing-in-the-pan-amazon-how-chinas-investment-operates/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/rechargeable-battery-industry-needs-better-mining-regulations-report-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/rechargeable-battery-industry-needs-better-mining-regulations-report-says/#respond 29 Sep 2023 20:35:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273753 - Many of the companies have flawed or lacking standards for negotiating with local and Indigenous communities, who often don’t have the power to reject mining projects that have negative environmental impacts.
- The report urged companies to publicly commit to respecting the individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples and to document the results of all community engagements.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/rechargeable-battery-industry-needs-better-mining-regulations-report-says/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-public-private-partnerships/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-public-private-partnerships/#respond 27 Sep 2023 14:00:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273636 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
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