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Durante las últimas semanas en el Perú, algunos medios de prensa televisiva y escrita y sus redes sociales han iniciado una fuerte campaña de difamación. En respuesta, 9 organizaciones indígenas, 47 organizaciones de sociedad civil y 109 ciudadanos conocedores del tema, hemos firmado un pronunciamiento público expresando nuestro respaldo a los difamados y nuestro rechazo a la impunidad corporativa.

9 Indigenous organizations, 47 civil society organizations and 109 knowledgeable citizens have signed a public statement expressing our support for Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders, civil society representatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) targeted by a defamation campaign in Peru.

A new documentary being aired today by one of Germany’s largest public broadcasters brings to light more evidence linking illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon to international leather supply chains. 

New anatomy analysis finds that Home Depot is continuing to sell doors containing tropical timber with a high likelihood of being illegally sourced from the Congo Basin, in violation of its newly-updated wood purchasing policy.

La deforestación para la agroindustria a escala industrial, en particular para instalar monocultivos de palma aceitera y cacao, es un problema cada vez mayor en Perú.

Industrial-scale agribusiness, particularly palm oil and cocoa, is driving deforestation in the most densely-forested regions of the Peruvian Amazon.