Peru's Culture Ministry on Machu Picchu: Conservation and protection not jeopardized

In a statement, the ministry emphasized that UNESCO is the only competent body worldwide to promote the identification, protection, and preservation of cultural and natural heritage, recognized for its outstanding universal value to humanity....

Greece Bolsters Peru, UAE Cultural Ties Ahead of Ancient Civilizations Forum

Athens, Greece. Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni outlined Greece’s priorities for its upcoming chairmanship of the Ancient Civilizations Forum in Athens during meetings with the ambassadors of Peru and the United Arab Emirates. The forum,...

Meet the DJs of nature, inspired by biodiversity

Technology has allowed electronic music artists endless possibilities for mixing and creating sounds. Some of these artists draw inspiration from nature and biodiversity, incorporating birdsong, rainforest soundscapes and the sounds of plant and...

Peru to chair FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade

"This international leadership is a recognition of Peru's efforts to ensure the safety and sustainability of its fisheries and aquaculture resources," Production Minister Sergio Gonzalez underscored. "We take on this challenge with the firm...

Peruvian Association of Incoming and Domestic Tourism Operators (Apotur)

The Peruvian Association of Incoming and Domestic Tourism Operators (APOTUR) was founded on the 5th of April 1978 at the national level as a civil association of private law, without profit aims, that gathers mainly the natural and legal persons...

Conservationists oppose Peru’s plans to build prison in sensitive ecosystem

A high-security prison planned on El Frontón Island, off the coast of Lima, Peru, would interfere with the movement of threatened marine species, experts say. The project is part of a larger government plan to address overcrowding and organized...

Coffee Is High Carbon & Bad For Climate Change

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Many years ago in a PBS special, Dr. Nicolas Perricone, MD mentioned that drinking coffee can elevate the stress hormone cortisol. He said cortisol is necessary, but it is...

Illegal gold mining fueling 'mercury boom' in Mexico, poisoning people, environment

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico -- A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of minerals illuminated by his headlamp is...

MP High Court Bats For Institution Of 'Corporate Climate Responsibility Fund' Akin To CSR To Aid Waste Management In Gwalior

In a PIL highlighting unhygienic conditions in Gwalior due to accumulation of garbage, the Madhya Pradesh High Court suggested that all stakeholders must contemplate creation of a 'Corporate Climate Responsibility Fund' (CCR Fund) to address...

Illegal gold mining is fueling a ‘mercury boom’ in Mexico, poisoning people and the environment

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico (AP) — A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of minerals illuminated by his headlamp is...

Jinzhao Mining and Port Project Raise Alarms in Peru

The Pampa de Pongo mining megaproject in Peru’s Caravelí province, led by the Chinese company Jinzhao Mining, is shaping up to become one of the largest iron projects. Yet concerns are mounting over the corporation’s clouded history of...

Chile still reigns supreme over US table grape imports—but Peru is closing in

The United States has solidified its position as a strategic market for table grapes. Over the past 20 years, imports have increased by 27 percent, a direct result of an ongoing upward and dynamic trend driven by marked consumer preference for...

Peruvian Ambassador calls for enhanced Ghana-Peru bilateral trade relations

The Embassy of Peru in Ghana has held the second edition of the Peru – Ghana Trade and Investment Webinar in Accra under the theme “Strength­ening Trade and Investment be­tween Peru and Ghana: Exploring Opportunities in Agribusiness and...

Bridging Colonialism and Climate Change

Photo by Getty Images/santosha. During the 19th and 20th centuries, formal colonialism came to an end. Countries were liberated, new flags unfurled, and rewritten constitutions adopted. But although imperial states had been forced to relinquish...

Peru’s Peñico Discovery Shows How the Caral Civilization Faced Crisis With Cooperation, Not Conquest

High on the windblown slopes of Peru’s Supe Valley, archaeologists have unearthed Peñico, a 3,800-year-old city tied to the Caral civilization. Its plazas and artifacts suggest the Americas’ first urban society met climate catastrophe through...

Peru’s Crackdown Forces Chinese Fleet South, Posing New Regional Threat

A new emergency decree in Peru requiring foreign vessels to have a satellite tracking system has drastically reduced the presence of China’s deep-sea fishing fleet considered the main culprit of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing...

Ani Dasgupta watched wetlands tame floods in Kigali. He believes nature is infrastructure we can fund.

Ani Dasgupta’s path runs from Delhi’s slums to the World Bank and now WRI, where he argues climate, nature, and development must move together. His leadership emphasizes moral purpose, trust, and “orchestration” that links funders, governments,...

Indigenous community revitalizes struggling fish farm with innovative addition: 'Real solutions'

"It's not just talk." by Elijah McKeeSeptember 15, 2025 A community of Indigenous people in Peru is powering a fish farm with solar energy to help feed locals, according to Inter Press Service. The facility is located at the Yachaykuna farm in the...

Peru closes anchovy fishing season early to protect spawning stock

Peru has ordered an early halt to this year's first anchoveta season with 82 percent of the quota caught, a move designed to protect spawning and juvenile fish stocks in the country's key north-central waters. The decision by the Ministry of...

New species of mouse opossum discovered that has a tail longer than its body

A peer-reviewed report has documented a new animal species – a small marsupial, found at 8,740 feet (2,660 meters) in the eastern Andes of Peru. Turns out this is not just a variant of something already known, but a new species in its own right....