Positive news from Peru
Yale to return Machu Picchu artifactsLima, Peru - Yale University has agreed to return thousands of Inca artifacts taken from Peru's famed Machu Picchu citadel almost a century ago. |
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Miracle baby found in ruins of churchPisco, Peru - A 10-month-old boy was pulled from the ruins of a collapsed church seven hours after an earthquake leveled the Peruvian city of Pisco, state news agency Andina reported Saturday. |
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New research reports good environmental newsWashington, D.C., USA - For a change, there's some good news from the world of the environment. |
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Peru Launches Drive To Regrow Lost Forests And JunglesLima, Peru - Peru has launched an ambitious drive to regrow millions of hectares (acres) of jungle and forests laid bare by illegal logging, pollution and slash-and-burn farming, officials said Thursday. The immediate goal is to reforest more than 100,000 square kilometers (the size of South Korea) of forest that have been devastated these past 40 years, said National Institute of Natural Resources (Inrena) president Roberto Angeles. |
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The World’s Mysterious PlacesMountain View, California, USA - This compilation of the world's most mysterious places on Google Earth includes Oak Island, Area 51, the Pyramid of the Sun & Moon, various figures from Nazca, the Atacama Giant, Loch Ness, Arbor Low, Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill, St. Michael's Mount, Angkor Wat, Ayres Rock, the Olgas, and Maree Man. |
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The new 7 Wonders of the World are NamedLisbon, Portugal - As reported earlier today, the new 7 Wonders have been announced at a show in Lisbon tonight. |
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Wildlife Watchdog Eyes New Trade LimitsThe Hague, Netherlands - The international body overseeing wildlife trade may throw a lifeline to the shark popular in fish and chips and the aromatic cedar tree used for fine furniture and humidors, as it considers new limitations on commercial fisheries and timber. |
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Peruvians sue oil giant over Amazon pollutionNorthestern Peru - Indigenous Peruvian Achuar communities sued the oil giant Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) on 10 May in Los Angeles Superior Court, California, claiming the oil company knowingly damaged their health and habitat ... |
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Rare, Tiny Owl Spotted in WildNorthern Jungles of Peru - An extremely rare species of tiny owl has been seen in the wild for the first time, the American Bird Conservancy said Thursday. |
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Plaque unveiled to Peruvian heroKent, England, UK - A general born in Kent in the 19th Century who became a national hero in Peru has been honoured by the South American country's ambassador. |
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News from South America
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
- Brazil humpback population on the rebound
- Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Community Over Ecuadorian Government
- Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected Area
- Peru Aims To End Child Labour
- Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- GM crops banned in Peru
- New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru