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Peru rejects creation of Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted tribes, drawing Indigenous outcry
The rejected 1.17 million-hectare reserve would have protected five uncontacted tribes from logging and mining threats, highlighting ongoing conflicts between Indigenous rights and economic interests.
- Peru rejected creating a 1.17 million-hectare Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted Indigenous tribes from outside threats, drawing outcry from advocates.
- The decision leaves the tribes vulnerable to illegal logging, mining, and other activities, dealing a setback to a long-awaited plan despite legal obligations.
- While some lawmakers argued it would block economic development, Indigenous groups warned that amending laws to alter reserves would erode safeguards.
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Peru rejects creation of Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted tribes, drawing Indigenous outcry
Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve. That's a 1.17 million-hectare tract of Amazon rainforest on the Brazil border meant to protect five uncontacted tribes.
Peru Votes Against Creating New Indigenous Reserve in Amazon Region - Inside Climate News
The reserve had been proposed to protect Indigenous people living in isolation along the border with Brazil. Indigenous groups called the vote a setback that could endanger inhabitants and expose the forest to logging.
Peru Votes Against Creating New Indigenous Reserve in Amazon Region
The reserve had been proposed to protect Indigenous people living in isolation along the border with Brazil. Indigenous groups called the vote a setback that could endanger inhabitants and expose the forest to logging. By Nicholas Kusnetz Government agencies in Peru have voted against establishing a new reserve meant to protect Indigenous people living in part of the country's Amazon basin from outside incursions.
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