Slack Monitoring of Peru's Amazon Rainforest

27 July 2010, 3:03 pm

Source: IPS Fifty-three percent of Peru is covered with native rainforest, but the agencies in charge of protecting and monitoring this vast area are toothless and have neither the staff nor the resources to cope with the job, according to a report from the Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsperson's Office).... Read More »

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