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Honey-Making Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon Become the First Insects to Gain Legal Rights
Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...
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He Fought to Save the Amazon Rainforest. Then He Was Murdered — and Authorities Fear He Was Targeted for His Work
"We condemn the murder of environmental defender Hipólito Quispe Huamán in Madre de Dios, another victim of the growing violence against those who protect our territories and ecosystems," a Peruvian ...
Why an Amazon river cruise should be on your bucket list - Aboard a small ship in Peru, Angelina Villa-Clarke discovers a ...
The official currency of Peru is the Peruvian Sol (PEN). The population of Peru is 34 million, with 11 million people living ...
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Peru grants legal rights to stingless bees for the first time in history
In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator gains legal standing—and reshapes conservation.
BOGOTA — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rain forest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an ...
As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...
Why it's incredible: El Cono stands alone in the rainforest and has a mysterious pyramidal shape. Cerro El Cono is a 1,310-foot-tall (400 meters), pyramid-like formation in the Amazon rainforest. It ...
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