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3 Julio 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 Marzo 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 Marzo 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 Enero 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 Diciembre 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 Septiembre 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…
Escrito por Jaime Escobedo
La política de reforma agraria ejecutada desde finales de la década de 1960 y el transcurso de 1970 transformó las condiciones de distribución de la tierra en la totalidad de valles de la costa peruana, mediante la erradicación del sistema de haciendas y su reemplazo por…
Por Melissa Medina
El total de la superficie del Perú suma 128.5 millones de hectáreas, de esta cifra el 49.1 % (aproximadamente 63 millones de has) es propiedad o posesión de las comunidades rurales, que representan más del 35 % de la población nacional. No obstante, el 20.9 % del territorio…
Luis Hallazi es abogado y politólogo, investigador en derechos humanos.
Las vidas de cerca de 2 mil 500 millones de personas dependen de tierras indígenas y comunitarias, las cuales suponen más del 50% de la tierra del planeta; sin embargo, legalmente solo son dueñas del 10%. Los 5 mil millones…
By the Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Peru - The indigenous community of Tres Islas in southeastern Peru seems to have it all—good fishing; a vast forest of timber, Brazil nut, palm and other trees; and natural beauty any…
By Barbara Fraser, Freelance Journalist for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
A Harakmbut indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has no say over the 17 gold-mining concessions overlapping its territory, despite holding a title to the land. Meanwhile in Uganda, a…
By Yuliya Panfil, Omidyar Network
One in four people are worried about losing their home against their will in the next five years, according to a nine-country Gallup-led survey on people’s perceptions of their property rights. The survey, which polled 11,000 people across Peru, Colombia, Brazil…