In Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon, thousands of people depend on gold mining, while the spread of mercury and ...

Major rivers across the Amazon region are experiencing an alarming decline in water levels because of effects from the El Niño phenomenon.

Can Peru Reboot Its Amazon Oil? Pollution Fallout and Local Opposition Loom By Alexander Villegas SANTA ROSA, Peru (Reuters) -Near a remote bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru's northern Amazon, Wilmer ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Julio Cusurichi Palacios, a prominent Indigenous leader from Peru, to hear his take on some of the latest and biggest events ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday traveled to an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, where she affirmed Peru's unquestionable ...