Yet Peru’s forests are facing a barrage of
threats: unscrupulous oil and gas companies, illegal logging,
conversion for agriculture, massive road building, and industrial and
artisanal gold-mining among others. Indigenous leaders have lost their
lives striving to protect their forests, and some species are on the
brink of extinction. The crisis has also spread beyond the forest:
Peru’s government and its civil society have been roiled by social and
ecological conflict stemming from forest destruction seemingly far-away
from the capital in Lima. While the battle for Peru’s forests seems to
have no end in sight, a new agreement announced yesterday at a landmark
UN Climate Summit in New York City could prove a turning point.
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