As traditional forest governance erodes in Peru, ‘ghost permits’ fill the vacuum

Mongabay
Mar 30, 2026, 4:23 pm127 ptsTrending
HONORIA, Peru — Jacqueline Flores sits cross-legged on a wooden platform inside a dim Asháninka maloca, the Indigenous longhouse where her dress, painted with geometric patterns, seems to merge with the resin-sweet smell of plants macerating for ceremony. Outside, the Boiling River murmurs. Inside, her voice…

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