Peru: Success - Peru Vows To Protect Uncontacted Tribe’s Reserve

Peru: Success - Peru Vows To Protect Uncontacted Tribe’s Reserve   Peru’s Culture Ministry has promised to protect an uncontacted tribe’s reserve in the Amazon amid fears that it would be shut down.   In a statement released last week, the ministry denied reports that it planned to abolish the Murunahua reserve, and stated that it is fully protected under Peruvian law.   The controversy was sparked by employees of the Indigenous Affairs Department, Indepa, which lies within the Culture...

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