Ruth Buendia, the woman who thwarted a plan to build massive hydroelectric dam which would have flooded her people’s land. The first Ashaninka woman leader and the well-deserved winner of an ‘environmental Oscar’ – a Goldman Environmental Prize, …and me..
Peru is known for its rich cultural heritage. For centuries, though, that heritage has been plundered, and many of the country’s artefacts continue to be sold on the black market. But Peru is getting better at protecting its past.
In December, Peru will host the 20th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The goal of the meeting is to work toward developing a new legally binding international treaty that will replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2q1jtdGH7Q
How Peru is bringing brains back home.
How archaeologists are using drones to protect Lima’s pre-Colombian ruins.
Peru’s counting its citizens of African descent to include them, and empower them.
More than 2,000 Peruvian women say they were sterilised against their will in the late 1990s. They are still demanding justice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-QSCWl9C8