Peru's Move to Reconsider Protections for Uncontacted Mashco Piro Raises Fears of Amazon Logging
Indigenous leaders say the review could leave overlapping concessions in place and keep more of the Mashco Piro’s forest open to logging, with at least two loggers killed in 2024.
- Last week, a Peruvian government commission decided to revisit a 2016 study on expanding the Madre de Dios Territorial Reserve, pausing protections for the isolated Mashco Piro people.
- Eusebio Rios Iviche, vice president of FENAMAD, warned on Monday the decision threatens to reverse years of protection efforts, exposing the Mashco Piro to diseases and violent encounters with outsiders.
- In 2025, the Forest Stewardship Council permanently withdrew certification for Maderera Canales Tahuamanu, a logging company operating in the area; Survival International reports logging continues despite this loss of status.
- Survival International executive director Caroline Pearce condemned the decision as putting territory "up for sale," while Ramon Rivero, a former government official, urged authorities to complete the expansion instead.
- In September, FENAMAD and EarthRights International filed a case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, accusing Peru of failing to protect the Mashco Piro's ancestral territory and right to remain isolated.
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Santa Maria Times
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Indigenous leaders in Peru warn that a government decision to reconsider protections for one of the world's largest uncontacted indigenous groups could expose a greater part of their territory in the...
The Toronto Star
Peru’s move to reconsider protections for uncontacted Mashco Piro raises fears of Amazon logging
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Indigenous leaders in Peru are warning that a government decision to reconsider protections for one of the world’s largest uncontacted Indigenous groups could expose more of their Amazon rainforest territory to logging, raising fears of violent…
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Peru's move to reconsider protections for uncontacted Mashco Piro raises fears of Amazon logging
Indigenous leaders in Peru are warning that a government decision to reconsider protections for the Mashco Piro could expose their Amazon rainforest territory to logging. This raises fears of violent encounters and disease threats. The Mashco Piro, living deep in…
In an unexpected turn, the Government of Peru has blocked a proposal to protect the forest from the mashco piro, considered the largest group of indigenous people in isolation in the world. The decision puts ...
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