The archaeological wonders and spectacular nature of Northern Peru make it an ideal destination for adventurous explorers ...

For years, gold mining has been one of Peru’s most pressing environmental challenges, with illegal operations clearing the ...

As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations ...

The Andean Community has ordered Peru to take immediate action against illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking. The ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.

However, there is still no sign of a coherent policy capable of tackling environmental crime and the corruption that facilitates it, let alone any action. Part of this is due to the political chaos ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the ...

SUCUSARI, Peru (AP) — It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon So far, it ...

LIMA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Groups belonging to the Mennonites have emerged as a notable source of deforestation in Peru's Amazon, having cut down an area close to the size of Manhattan since 2017, ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake has left a large part of the department of Amazonas, one of the poorest in Peru, in ruins. According to the Peruvian Geophysical Institute, the earthquake occurred at 5:52 a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published Thursday. Peru is home to ...

LIMA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Peruvian indigenous groups were blocking a large river in the country's Amazon region on Wednesday in protest over a crude oil spill of an estimated 2,500 barrels in the ...