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Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Located in western South America, its diversity of ecosystems is created by the coastline facing the Pacific Ocean, the Andes mountains, and the Amazonian rainforest. All that natural wealth covers a land area of 1,285,215 km2 (128.5 million ha).
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33,715,500
Urban population
77.9 %
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02 May 2022
MMG is facing the possibility of a prolonged disruption at its copper mine in Peru after failing to clear the site of all protesters in an operation that has further inflamed tensions with indigenous groups.
The Hong Kong-listed company’s security personnel teamed up with police this week in…
25 March 2022
After almost six years, the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy completed its activities in Peru in late 2021. Thanks to the hard work of the ProTierras Comunales project team and partners, we can look back on interesting lessons learned and several good practices ready for replication (here…
25 March 2022
Después de casi seis años, el Programa Global de Política Territorial Responsable concluyó sus actividades en Perú a finales de 2021. Gracias al arduo trabajo del equipo del proyecto ProTierras Comunales y sus socios, podemos mirar atrás y ver interesantes lecciones aprendidas y varias buenas…
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Indigenous and community land in Peru represent 56.6% of the total country land area
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24 July 2024
By: Juana Vera - Delgado
Blog originally published in Common Dreams
Here’s one of the most powerful pieces of good news you probably missed this year: a group of Indigenous women in Peru succeeded in asserting the legal right to integrity and protection of the Marañón River, a sacred waterway…
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Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…
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