New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion among Indigenous Shawi
via news.mongabay.com
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Peru’s Indigenous Shawi people continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in the country’s Amazonian region, citing fears about losing their land — even as local authorities nudge the project forward. The Yurimaguas–Balsapuerto–Moyobamba highway, backed by the government of the department of Loreto, would create a land link between two […]