In December, Mongabay released several videos of important environmental stories from across the world: an investigation of land grabbing in Brazil, a religious group clearing the Amazon in Peru, a biomass producer outed by a whistleblower in the U.S., poor working conditions of farmers in India, rising seas in Sierra Leone, and more. Indigenous communities […]
UCAYALI, Peru Mennonites, an ultra-conservative religious group, are illegally converting pristine forests in the Peruvian Amazon into agricultural land. They are not only threatening biodiversity but also encroaching on Indigenous territory. Satellite data show that Mennonite colonies are now the leading cause of large-scale deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon exceeding deforestation caused by agribusiness […]
By David Diaz and Susy Diaz Gonzales Masisea, Peru, Mar 16 (EFE).- A cool morning breeze and the sun’s rays caress the back of Policarpo Sinarahua Taminchi, the 50-year-old leader of the Buenos Aires indigenous community in the eastern Peruvian region of Ucayali. While walking with some of his companions, he observes the steady increase …
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