Peru approves law to fell stretches of pristine Amazon rainforest for new roads

Hours after Pope Francis issued a grave warning about the destruction of the natural environment during a visit to Peru, the country’s government passed a law allowing new roads to be built through pristine areas of the Amazon rainforest...........
The pontiff’s visit raised the hopes of indigenous peoples who have demanded the Peruvian government grant them formal titles to 200,000 sq km of land and clean up rivers poisoned with mercury from illegal gold mining.
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