13 Aug Government opens up mining concessions near Ecuador border: Indigenous lands threatened by new mining activities (Latin American Press)
The global economic crisis has done little to deter new mining development in mineral-rich Peru. According to the fourth annual report on mining conflicts prepared by Peruvian nongovernmental organizations CooperAcción, Fedepaz and Grufides, which was presented July 15, 2 million hectares of land were concessioned off for mining between last year and the first semester of this year, totaling 19 million hectares… go to article