Peru To Consider New Reserve For Uncontacted Indigenous People

Peru to Consider New Reserve for Uncontacted Indigenous People

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An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased threats from logging, mining, oil and gas drilling and drug trafficking. By Nicholas Kusnetz This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of […]

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