Peru: Indians Take On Amazon Loggers


Peru: Indians Take On Amazon Loggers   Peruvian Indians have been forced to set up a guard post to protect an uncontacted Indians’ reserve, after the authorities ignored their repeated pleas for action.   The Isconahua reserve on the Peru-Brazil border was set up with the support of Peru’s Amazon Indian organization, AIDESEP, to protect uncontacted Isconahua Indians living in its forests.   But the reserve has been invaded by illegal loggers, and numerous appeals to the authorities have gone...

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