Peru: Indigenous Harakmbut Suffer Effects Of Climate Change

Peru: Indigenous Harakmbut Suffer Effects Of Climate Change   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   The effects of global warming as the heat and extreme cold, seriously threaten the lives of the inhabitants of Harakmbut who have also been decimated due to pests and diseases coming from abroad.   Harakmbut ethnicity, about 5,000 inhabitants, is located in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, on the border with Brazil.   Their shacks were built on the banks of the Colorado River, Mother...

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