Peru's war on 'biopiracy'

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

Invader's curse

For love of Amazon

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Peru

Rustling for hair

Plagued plantations

Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all's not well with their produce, land and health

Prized tag

Feeding frenzy

14 fly species and 18 species of wasps found living in a single tropical flower, feeding on each other

PERU

Counting large mammals

Floral trouble

In sharp contrast to earlier estimates, a new study claims that nearly half the world's flora species face extinction

Bolivia losing forest cover at alarming rate

The Philippines, Indonesia, and Peru also witness increase in deforestation, suggests NASA data

In Short

PERU

Height of inequality

Standard of living determines a child's height

Climate negotiations on adaptation headed along divergent paths

Countries make little headway due to fundamental differences between developed and developing nations

Peru cops out of environment obligation ahead of COP20

Eases fines and regulations to lure multinational mining companies

With a little help

After years of decline the vicuna makes a comeback in Peru

Battlelines drawn

Farm trade: it's developing countries vs EU-US

US plan to settle WTO disputes

News 360° - Briefs

What to expect of the UN climate change conference in Peru

Centre for Science and Environment’s Vijeta Rattani writes from the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru

Lima climate conference has to ‘write history’ to save earth, says Figueres

Over the course of the next two weeks, delegates will attempt to hammer out the new universal treaty, which would enter force by 2020

Stronger and frequent El Niños are not recent phenomenon

Shellfish fossils along coastal Peru retell the history of El Niño cycles

US $650 billion of annual climate finance flowed globally in 2011-12

UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance releases first assessment report on financial flows related to climate action