Peru passes law allowing roads through pristine Amazon rainforest
by Dan Collyns in Lima from Environment | The Guardian on (#3DZZ0)
- Pope warned on Friday of threat to Amazon and its peoples
- New roads in border areas could affect five indigenous reserves
Peru has approved a law that would allow roads to be built in the most remote and pristine region of its Amazon rainforest, a haven for isolated indigenous groups and an area of primary forest rich in mahogany trees.
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