Pure Amazon, an A&K Sanctuary review: a sleek riverboat cruise through the Amazon Gina Jackson embarks on a slow and luxurious adventure through the Peruvian Amazon Evening Standard · Jul 29
The biggest trees in the Peruvian Amazon store the most carbon — and they also face the greatest threat from humans The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest. LiveScience · Feb 18
Duchess Sophie comes face-to-face with huge bird-eating spider in Amazon jungle The National Geographic describes the Goliath birdeater as the largest arachnid on the planet The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025
Sophie encounters ‘king of spiders’ on jungle trek in Peru The Duchess of Edinburgh was exploring the Peruvian Amazon, seeing sloths, snakes and spiders during her tour of South and Central America. Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025
A peatland in the Amazon stopped absorbing carbon. What does it mean? Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral. LiveScience · Jul 22, 2025
Indigenous Wampis are ambushed in Peru after government backs out of anti-mining joint patrol An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has again brought into focus the issue of illegal gold mining in the ancestral territory The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025
Mennonite Communities Raise Hackles In Peruvian Amazon When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across rice paddies, some of their barns ablaze behind them. International Business Times · May 6, 2025
Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari led a successful legal battle to protect the Marañon River in the Peruvian Amazon The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025
A glimpse into a surreal abyss: how COVID ravaged a remote city in the Amazonian jungle – podcast When the first cases of COVID began to spread around the world in early 2020, people in Iquitos, a remote city in the Peruvian Amazon, weren’t unduly worried. They assumed their isolation would protect them. It didn’t. Peru, and Iquitos, were hit fast and hard. The Conversation · Mar 13, 2025
Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025
Peruvian city of Iquitos, a hotbed for wildlife trafficking in Amazon Iquitos is a city of over 400,000 inhabitants located at the heart of the Peruvian Amazon and accessible only by boat or plane. In recent years, it has become a hotbed of wildlife trafficking in one of the world’s most biodiverse areas. More than 300 species in Peru are directly… France 24 · Sep 17, 2024
Reclusive Peruvian tribe Mashco Piro under threat: 'Their land has to be protected' Two loggers, part of a team of people who had a license to cut down trees in the Peruvian Amazon, have been killed by bow and arrow after they allegedly encroached too far into land inhabited by the largest uncontacted tribe on the planet, the Mashco Piro. The tribe have… France 24 · Sep 12, 2024
‘Uncontacted’ Indigenous group attacks loggers in the Peruvian Amazon At least one person injured after clash with the reclusive Mashco Piro as pressure rises for government intervention The Guardian - US · Aug 11, 2024
The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2024 Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru's Amazon A regional Indigenous organization reports that a reclusive tribe has attacked loggers suspected of operating illegally in its territory in the Peruvian Amazon
Zenger · Jul 19, 2024 Uncontacted Mashco Piro People Face Threat Near Peruvian Logging ConcessionsRare Look At Tribe In Peru That Has No Contact With Outside World Campaigners urge revoking logging licenses as images reveal proximity of endangered tribe to logging activities, raising concerns over territory rights and environmental impact. New video and images show dozens of uncontacted people in the Peruvian Amazon.
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024 Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close' An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024 Into the Peruvian Amazon: ‘I’m going to show you good things. Let’s start with an anaconda’ On the third leg of his South American trip, our writer heads to the remote city of Iquitos and braves a swim in the Amazon – despite the fearsome reputation of the local fish
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2024 It's the longest bridge ever built in Peru, and so far, it goes nowhere It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon
International Business Times · Jun 17, 2024 Illegal Gold Mining Eats Into Peruvian Amazon On the banks of the Madre de Dios river, dredges work day and night in search of gold, part of a scourge of illegal mining that is slowly devouring the Peruvian Amazon.
WEKU · Apr 2, 2024 Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023 Indigenous community wins, then loses, path to reclaim ancestral rainforest land in Peru A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests has been set aside by an appellate court