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An oil palm front advances on an Indigenous community in Peru

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-12-16

“The invasions do not stop, the deforestation does not stop, and the threats do not stop,” Iván Flores Rodríguez said by phone from the Indigenous Santa Clara de Uchunya community. A leader of the Shipibo people, Flores Rodríguez outlines the history of his community in the Peruvian Amazon, when, in 2012, the oil palm company Plantaciones de Pucallpa S.A.C. (now Ocho Sur P S.A.C.) settled on the far side of the Aguaytía River, less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from their homes.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/an-oil-palm-front-advances-on-an-indigenous-community-in-peru/