The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...

an Indigenous group in northern Peru, as guardians of the Marañón. Canaquiri is the co-producer of a documentary, Karuara, People of the River, released earlier this year that chronicles the ...

Nonetheless, it has shown the mobilizing capacity of Indigenous people – just as in Bolivia. And the goal of many is not to win support, but to demonstrate this strength. Will Peru’s protest ...

And supported by Tropenbos and WWF, communities are working together across the region. Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and home to more than 50 different Indigenous Peoples ...

Rivera Zea founded Chirapaq (Center of Indigenous Cultures of Peru) to support the cultural reaffirmation of Indigenous peoples with a strong human rights approach. The organization, now a leading ...

An unconditional cash-transfer pilot project for Indigenous peoples in Peru’s Amazon is underway to help support families who turn to unsustainable or illegal forest activities due to economic ...

Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...

YURIMAGUAS, Peru – The Sacred Headwaters Alliance brings together 30 indigenous peoples of the upper Amazon in Ecuador and Peru, who are self-organising to defend a forest devastated by ...

Peru’s Environment Ministry, which runs the park, opposes the road, and so do most of the indigenous residents of the region, according to park director John Florez. “The people demanding it ...