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Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half
Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half
By agency reporter
4 May 2012
Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory of at least two uncontacted tribes.
Congressmen are considering a law that could declare the project a ‘public necessity’, and consequently bypass huge indigenous opposition.
The proposed road will run across the southeast of Peru’s Amazon from Puerto Esperanza in the Purus region near Brazil, to Iñapari.
Three highly important protected areas lie in its path, including the Madre de Dios Reserve for uncontacted Indians.
More:
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16616