Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement
Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
September 24, 2014
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Norway pledges $300 million if Peru tackles deforestation crisis by 2021
From the Andes to the Amazon, Peru houses some of the world’s most spectacular forests. Proud and culturally-diverse indigenous tribes inhabit the interiors of the Peruvian Amazon, including some that have chosen little contact with the outside world. And even as scientists have identified tens-of-thousands of species that make their homes from the leaf litter to the canopy, many thousands more remain undiscovered and nameless.
Yet Peru’s forests are facing a barrage of threats: unscrupulous oil and gas companies, illegal logging, conversion for agriculture, massive road…
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