It has been 50 years since their forest was cut down. To the Shipibo of Yarinacocha, the rainforest is a fading memory of their grandparents. They have only ever known grassland, where swidden agricul...
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There is a growing problem in Amazonian communities: the build-up of plastic and unrecyclable trash.
Communit...
Developing an innovative model of education that honors and promotes indigenous traditions, knowledge, and wis...
In 2013, after decades of protests by the indigenous populations, government testing finally confirmed the dev...
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How do you get the Peruvian government to adopt best sanitation practices for rural Amazonia? Leading by example, of course...and partnering with UNICEF. As the regional forerunners in constructing ef...
The Kukama people have made a journey of more than 100 kilometers to have their voices heard. Arriving at their destination, government representatives with resolve to create solutions were nowhere to...
On June 19th a commission of Peruvian national and regional governments' representatives headed by Prime Minister Rene Cornejo met with an impressively well-organized indigenous organization in the na...
Walk with us. In rubber boots, in worn-out sandals, or barefoot. About one thousand Kukama Kukamilla people of the Marañon river basin, among them grandfathers and mothers with little children, walke...
Fernando Cauper is a 30 year old man living in the Shipibo community of Santa Clara. From a young age, Fernando's father instilled in him the value of leaving a legacy for future generations. As he gr...
Today, the courageous voices of the Amazonian indigenous federations are rising above the din of denial that has deflected corporate and state responsibility for crimes committed over the last 42 year...
La ceremonia se inició con el himno nacional cantado por dos filas de peruanos parados cara a cara. Por un lado una plétora de representantes gubernamentales*, y por el otro más de 50 líderes indígena...
The ceremony opened with the national anthem, sung by two rows of Peruvians standing face to face. To the one side, a plethora of government representatives* and spokespeople from Pluspetrol and Perup...
La empresa petrolera Pluspetrol Norte, con sede en Argentina, es conocida desde hace mucho tiempo por la sociedad civil por ser un gran contaminador ambiental e infractor de derechos humanos. Sin emba...
