
Peru reacts to urgent calls to protect uncontacted tribe’s land
Government's response falls short of measures that would
Government's response falls short of measures that would
A highly vulnerable uncontacted tribe in the Peruvian Amazon has been contacted by a missionary arriving on a tourist boat.
Dozens of encounters between uncontacted Mashco-Piro Indians, tourists and settlers have been recorded in recent years.
President Humala is attending a climate conference in Berlin this week
Peru government has approved plans to expand the controversial gas project further into uncontacted tribes' reserve.
Peru has approved the highly controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of uncontacted Amazon tribes.
Peru pushes ahead with the expansion of the controversial Camisea gas project into the land of uncontacted tribes.
The UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous peoples has been urged to protect vulnerable uncontacted tribes in Peru.