COP20 host Peru claims forest 'leadership' - while attacking forest protectors

The Ecologist
Dec 8, 2014, 8:08 am47 pts
Peru's government is actively undermining indigenous peoples' efforts to protect their forests - by refusing to title 20 million hectares of their lands and turning a blind eye to illegal logging. At the same time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil…

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