Roads, loggers close in on an unprotected refuge for isolated Kakataibo

Mongabay
Jul 7, 2026, 1:40 pm218 ptsTop
An unprotected area in Peru’s Amazon, where Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation, sits in a growing sea of forestry concessions, illegal roads, illegal loggers and drug traffickers, according to maps and confidential reports seen by Mongabay. Indigenous leaders and national organizations are calling…

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