
Video: Indigenous People in Peru Are Using Satellites And Drones To Fight Deforestation
Vice News follows the indigenous community of Buen Jardín de Callaru as they locate and confront illegal coca growers.
Vice News follows the indigenous community of Buen Jardín de Callaru as they locate and confront illegal coca growers.
For the first time in the history of Peru, two indigenous communities have been officially accredited as Forest Monitors by the State.
After nine years of struggle, the native Shipibo-Conibo communities of Nuevo Saposoa and Patria Nueva were granted land title expansions. But they still face opposition and violence from coca growers.
After a historic meeting of indigenous representatives from across Guyana’s Region 7, the council issues a formal statement about their land rights, addressed to national government.
The Northern Peruvian Pipeline hemmorhaged oil into Peru’s Marañon River for the fourth time, affecting the indigenous communities that live along its shores.
This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples shines a light on inequalities in indigenous education.
In Peru, it’s much easier for agribusiness and oil companies to obtain land rights than it is for indigenous peoples, with dire consequences for the country’s rainforests.
As the Land Rights Now initiative gains momentum, Rainforest Foundation US offers insight into achieving legal recognition of indigenous peoples’ lands.
Peru’s indigenous communities face numerous obstacles as they pursue their land rights. This community beat the odds.
Reckless oil exploration has tainted the sources of water which indigenous communities rely upon for survival, while the Peruvian government looks on.
The Hunt Oil organization has deemed the indigenous lands in northern Peru oil poor, thus diminishing their interest in the area.
Peru’s Amazon rainforest is the site of a recent boom in gold mining, a critical threat to the region’s indigenous peoples.