Zoraida Portillo Kipi the robot is made from upcycled materials. Her backpack is a solar panel and she has been programmed to explain how it transforms solar energy into electricity, while encouraging students to make their own innovations using local materials. In a remote village of the Peruvian Andes, a robot has taken over the… Continue reading Robot hikes the Andes to cross Peru’s digital divide
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PERU’S FOREST INSPECTION AGENCY REGAINS INDEPENDENCE
In a dramatic U-turn, the Peruvian government published a decree that restores the independence of OSINFOR, the agency in charge of inspecting and sanctioning illegal logging crimes in the Peruvian Amazon. This comes just a few months after its independence had been seriously undermined by placing it under ministerial control. For the last decade, OSINFOR… Continue reading PERU’S FOREST INSPECTION AGENCY REGAINS INDEPENDENCE
Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge
Peru is to create two Amazonian reserves for the protection of uncontacted tribes, covering more than 2.5 million hectares. At least seven distinct groups of uncontacted tribes, including Matsés Indians, are known to be living in the areas comprising the new Yavari Tapiche and Yavari Mirin reserves in Peru’s NE Amazon state of Loreto. The… Continue reading Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge
Peru: Law prioritizes highway construction that could threaten indigenous communities
Yvette Sierra Praeli Peru has passed a controversial law that makes highway construction in border areas and maintaining trucking roads in the Ucayali Region a national priority. On January 22, the Congress of the Republic of Peru enacted the new law. The move has sparked serious concern because the construction of highways in this area… Continue reading Peru: Law prioritizes highway construction that could threaten indigenous communities
Global Peatlands Initiative: Indonesia leading to Save the World’s Peat
Drained and burnt peatland is responsible for 5 per cent of anthropogenic carbon emissions Indonesia, the global peatland restoration leader, will reduce up to one gigaton of greenhouse gas emission The 2nd Global Peatlands Initiative Partner Meeting is attended by the Governments of Indonesia, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Peru, the United… Continue reading Global Peatlands Initiative: Indonesia leading to Save the World’s Peat
Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The company, Pacific E&P, had previously been awarded the right to explore for oil in a large area of the Amazon Uncontacted Frontier, an area of immense biodiversity which is home to more… Continue reading Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered
The last female speaker of the Resígaro language has been murdered in Peru. Her body was found decapitated at her home in the Amazon rainforest. Rosa Andrade, 67, lived with the Ocaina tribe. Her father was Ocaina and her mother Resígaro. The Ocaina and Resígaro tribes were victims of the rubber boom, which began at… Continue reading Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered
Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has been receiving death threats as he challenges the destruction of Amazon rainforest for timber extraction and conversion to oil palm. According to a press release by Forest Peoples Programme, in the course of the last month, human rights defender, Mr Bolivar received the following threat in an handwritten form: Washington…we… Continue reading Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
La Rinconada – Chasing the Peruvian High
Nick Neumann and Walker Dawson | Breaking Borders La Rinconada is an illegal gold mining town in the Peruvian Andes, where environmental and social issues are expanding rapidly Over 60,000 people are working in these gold mines in in the highest inhabited place on earth. This documentary by Nick Neumann and Walker Dawson investigates how life is like for those… Continue reading La Rinconada – Chasing the Peruvian High
Can Latin America do palm oil right?
Duncan Gromko As western hemisphere oil palm plantations boom, environmentalists eye ways to avoid repeating the devastation in Southeast Asia Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Creative Commons’ Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. What do soap, Ben & Jerry’s and Kit Kat bars have… Continue reading Can Latin America do palm oil right?
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