Peru

PERU

Sea change

Fishing leads to decline of famous Peruvian seabirds

High on hope

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Poop-corn culture

The Inca empire thrived on innovations to boost maize production

Peru

PERU

PERU

Double whammy

Healthy rise

In population of endangered camel species

A friendly air wave

Radio>> Indigenous People • Peru

Troubled waters

Peru

Magic drop

Easy to administer oral diarrhoea vaccine tested in Bangladesh

Peru's war on 'biopiracy'

Farmers in Peru irate over US patents on 'natural viagra'

Toxic heavy metals found in indigenous people living near oil fields of Peruvian Amazon: Study

High levels of mercury, cadmium & arsenic were found in the urine samples of people living river basins of Corrientes, Pastaza, Tigre & …

Peru investigating death of 500 sea lions

While the government has accused fishers of poisoning them, environmentalists are probing other causes, including ingestion of plastic and disease

Tantrums of the "Christ Child"

A weather event which Peruvians once regarded as a boon is now recognised as causing terrible global disasters

For love of Amazon

Film>> RAINFORESTS • Peru/France

Peru

'Amazon region under threat from oil drilling, mining'

Sacred Headwaters of the Amazon, considered to be the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystem on Earth, is witnessing expansion of new fossil fuel …

How six proposed dams on Amazon River could threaten regional food security

These dams can have major impacts on hydrology, geomorphology, biodiversity and productivity of the river system  

The imperatives of governing world’s forests

For the past eight years, leaders of public forest agencies from the world’s most forested countries have been taking part in a series of …

El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru

More floods to be expected, says the national weather service