Amazon River: The Challenges of Amphibian Indigenous Peoples

Amazon River: The Challenges of Amphibian Indigenous Peoples

A Peruvian woman, from the village of Aucaya, who works in a shop in Iquitos and prefers to remain anonymous out of sensitivity, told FairPlanet about her fears. “The river is rising a lot, we feel in danger,” she explained from the Boulevard Joaquim Abensur, overlooking the Itaya River, a direct tributary of the Amazon River. (image) The Amazon River at dawn from the Iquitos-Santa Rosa boat, April 2025. In April, the National Meteorological and…