Peru
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11 September 2020
por Yvette Sierra Praeli
Este año ocurrieron dos asesinatos de líderes indígenas de las comunidades nativas en Puerto Inca, Huánuco, y Puerto Bermúdez, Pasco. A estos hechos de violencia se suman las amenazas de muerte registradas en los últimos meses.
La Relatora Especial sobre la situación de…
17 July 2020
Por Marcos Candido
A agricultora Maria Josefa costuma dizer que mora "no meio do mato", rodeada por um pomar colorido pelos tons alaranjados dos pés de acerola e cacau cultivadas por ela na comunidade Tancredo Neves, em São Félix do Xingu, no Pará. Lá a telefonia não chega, e até 2017 não havia…
28 April 2020
Por Fernando Eguren
Like many of you, we’re struggling to comprehend the new world we find ourselves in.
(Como muchos de ustedes, estamos luchando por comprender el nuevo mundo en el que nos encontramos)*
En los primeros días de la declaración de emergencia –ésta se inició el 16…
23 April 2020
Desde que en marzo se empezaron a implementar las medidas de cuarentena –entre otras– en numerosos países de América Latina para hacer frente a la pandemia de la COVID-19, la lista de defensoras y defensores de la tierra que están siendo amenazados, agredidos o asesinados no para de crecer…
17 November 2019
Local communities manage a significant portion of the world’s remaining forests, pastures, and fisheries as common property resources, but they are rarely recognized as formal owners. Important progress has occurred during the last twenty years, as growing evidence suggests that devolving rights to…
5 November 2019
Considering that land tenure security is crucial to better outcomes for women it is a surprise that there is not more evidence out there on what works to achieve it.
That is why we launched the Research Consortium: to start to bridge that gap by supporting new research on what works to improve…
3 July 2019
Por: Nicanor Domínguez Faura
Foto © Luisenrrique Becerra
Días antes del 50 aniversario del Decreto Ley 17716, del 24 de junio de 1969, publicamos en Noticias SER una nota sobre los antecedentes que llevaron a esa importantísima decisión del Gobierno Militar del General Juan Velasco Alvarado. No…
21 March 2019
I recently traveled to the highlands of Peru. Every woman I met there seemed to be doing something with wool: spinning it, or knitting or crocheting skirts, sweaters, and scarves. I was fascinated by the activity, as a sometimes knitter myself, but when I asked to take pictures of them they reacted…
8 March 2019
Por: Kate Evans
Como no dejar que las mujeres indígenas queden fuera del mapa.
Todos los mapas cuentan una historia, una historia de nuestra relación con la tierra.
En 2015, investigadores del Centro para la Investigación Forestal Internacional (CIFOR) y la Universidad Agraria la…
25 January 2019
Peruvian indigenous communities have shown themselves to be exceptional environmental and conservation leaders. Their leaders have worked for a decade to ensure a government commitment to conserve 54 million hectares of forest, as a part of the REDD+ program.
REDD+ includes country efforts to:…
4 December 2018
Peru - A recent Rights and Resources report provides strong evidence on the importance of recognizing and protecting indigenous rights towards mitigating forest-based emissions and curbing global warming. As a Ph.D. student coordinating the third round of data collection of CIFOR’s Global…
7 September 2018
BERTA CÁCERES, ASSASSINATED in her home in March 2016, was just one of hundreds of Latin American environmental activists attacked in recent years. At least 577 environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) were killed in Latin America between 2010 and 2015 – more than in any other region. In…