Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region

Mongabay
Apr 27, 2026, 10:48 am124 ptsTrending
PICHARI, Peru — It’s nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence, they’re looking up in awe. The monkeys have arrived. They jump from stalk to bamboo stalk and skitter down trees, not approaching the humans below but sometimes pausing to stare back. Monkey sightings are rare in…

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