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Dying for environmental democracy

Tran, Delena
http://theecologist.org/2021/jun/28/dying-environmental-democracy

Publisher:  Ecologist
Date Written:  28/06/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

This article is about Peruvian indigenous environmental defenders in Latin America, a region described as one of the world's deadliest areas for enviromental human rights defenders. Tran focuses on the indigenous Ashanika defenders and their plight in fighting for environmental justice.

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Latin America is one of the world's deadliest regions for environmental human rights defenders. A total of 222 environmental defenders have been killed during resource extraction and pollution conflicts worldwide since last year: 86 were indigenous defenders of the Amazon.

The Perena river valley, located in the dense jungles of the Peruvian Amazon, is where the indigenous Ash¡ninka have long struggled to protect their lands from resource extraction. Drug trafficking and resource exploitation such as mining, logging, and land-grabbing continue to encroach on their territory without their consent.

Many Ash¡ninka defenders receive death threats and the Peruvian state has not responded to calls for help. A series of murders of indigenous activists occurred during the COVID-19 lockdowns as criminals and corporations took advantage of the country;s state of emergency. These have been located near to mining projects such as Pan American Silver, Southern Copper, and Las Bambas.

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