Climate investment in Latin America
This report, the first in a series of three, focuses on the policy landscape needed to enable a transition to net zero emissions, identifying key policies at a sectoral and national level to support investments
Peru
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Don't blame cocaine for South American forest loss, study says
Infrastructure projects designed to open the western Amazon for investment are to blame for deforestation in parts of Peru, Colombia and Bolivia - rather than coca production, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Wildfire in rainforest in Peruvian Amazon rages toward protected areas
A wildfire burning in the Peruvian Amazon that has charred some 20,000 hectares (49,421 acres) of rainforest and destroyed crops planted by indigenous communities was raging toward a national park and
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Peru to work with companies on environmental efforts: minister
Peru's new environment minister said on Wednesday the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski would focus on preventing pollution rather than fining companies after the fact, part of a more collaborative
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in northern Peru
Lima - A large, deep earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Peru's Amazon region early on Saturday but there no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey said the quake
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Give indigenous people land rights or fail on deforestation pledges, governors told
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries will be unable to meet their climate change pledges unless they secure land rights for people living in the world's tropical forests, indigenous
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Quantifying lahar damage using numerical modelling
<p>Volcanic mudflows, called 'lahars', can cause large amounts of damage to buildings. In this research we have developed a method to estimate lahar induced building damage based on the height,
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'Sleeping Beauty' Frog with Bright Red Groin Discovered
On the foothills of the Andes in central Peru, a brilliantly colored frog lives out a fractured fairy tale. Once upon a time—specifically, one evening in November 2014—biologist Germán Chávez heard
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Peru is asserted as place of rich biodiversity
According to the report, 36 new animal species and 71 new plant species were discovered in 2015. During an activity organized by PromPeru, the National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) presented
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Here’s where tropical forests have been destroyed for palm oil over the past 25 years
Most oil palm is grown in areas that were once species-rich and carbon-rich tropical forests, thanks to the fact that the crop’s natural range is limited to the humid tropics. So where are the active fronts
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Four Dead, 68 Injured in South Peru Earthquake
LIMA – A magnitude-5.3 earthquake left four people dead, 68 injured and 1,253 families homeless in a rural area of Caylloma province in southern Peru’s Arequipa region, to which the authorities have sent