While Peru has enjoyed large growth from the oil sector and gas industry, as well as other sectors, over the past ten years, the Latin American nation is still struggling with deforestation of the rainforest and illegal activity.
A colony of fur seals has moved 1,500km away from the Galapagos Islands, a Peru-based organisation which monitors the aquatic mammals has said. Average sea temperatures off northern Peru have risen by 6C in past 10 years.
UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS – State of Emergency in six provinces of Cusco and all of Apurímac. Weather service reports rain around 67% in excess of the norm. 66 people rescued from Aguas Calientes by helicopters, 3000 tourists and locals are trapped. 8 people dead, including two foreign tourists, and more than 7000 families left homeless.
Lima – the mild rainless desert city, but for how long? Winters have been growing colder and wetter, summers arriving later than ever.
This week alone, supposedly the first full week of the first month of summer if we discount November – a time when most of the population of Lima usually heads to the beach – has seen 50% of Lima’s typical annual rainfall after an already wet winter.
After centuries of heavy deforestation, Peru is undertaking a campaign to reforest the highlands with 60 million trees – an act that not only helps prevent the terrible flash floods that plague the tree-less mountains, but also hopes to make a small dent in climate change affecting the country.
Three reports from NBC’s Nightly News program about the devastating impact on Peru from melting glaciers due to changing climate patterns.
Peru’s subsidiary of the WWF has warned that over 60% of the ethnic Kandozi people in the Peruvian Amazon are dying from the ravages of Hepatitis B and neglect from the Peruvian state.
Forests are converted into deserts due to the advance of informal mining that illegally extracts gold. Regular buying and selling of mercury is demanded by locals, who use it for the extraction of the precious metal.
A terrible sight on Piura’s most picturesque beach – hundreds of Sea Lions washed up dead on the white sands. In front of homes and hotels, the bodies of these animals rot, all so that the fishermen that poisoned them can continue dangerous and unsustainable over-fishing the seas.
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The Marvellous Spatuletail is perhaps one of the most beautiful, rare and unique of Peru’s native creatures. This hummingbird, that only exists in a few small isolated areas of cloud forest, and its special mating ritual are introduced to us by the BBC. Their camera team was the first to ever record the male spatuletail’s attempts to woo a female, the whole mating display from start to finish.
November 3, 2009 | Amazonas Guide, Nature
Just off the coast of Callao, or more precisely, about 4km from the tip of La Punta, are two rocky uninhabited islands, which together with a few other rocky outcrops are called the Islas Palomino. The two major islands, one large and one small, are called San Lorenzo and El Frontón. Each have their own stories to tell.
June 2, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Nature
So, what is the tourist, with more time in Lima then they’d prefer and no interest in a city experience, to do?
The truth is, Peru is such a magical place that you do not need to go too far outside the city of Lima to find attractions that rival those elsewhere in the country. From desert oases, pretty Andean villages and ancient pyramids to hiking trails, white water rafting and horseback riding – here’s the run down of nearby weekend getaways.
January 26, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Nature
Camina El Autor - Juancho's Travels in Peru
My Slice of Peru - excellent personal Chiclayo blog
Unpaved South America - Exploring culture, places and people
Rachel in Peru - Commentary on life and events in Peru
An American in Lima - life and times in Lima
Ward Welvaert - life and times in Cusco
Tarapoto Life - Tony Dunnell
What We're Eating - what Peru is all about
All About Peru - snippets of Peru info
View from Peru - Laura in AQP
Peruvian Cuisine - more excellent food
The Ultimate Peru List - moving to Peru? Look no further
Streets of Lima - by Ben Jonjak in Lima
Malarkey en Perú - Alan's stays in the Imperial city of Q'osco, Piura and Cajamarca
Darryl Menges - Exploring Peru, trying to see it all
PeruInside - fotos, entretenimiento, musica, noticias
Bolivia Blog - a blog about Bolivia similar to mine
Brazil Travel Blog - a blog with travel information on Brazil
Travelojos - The Latin America Travel Blog
Karikuy - Honest tour company
IncaRentals - Find a place to rent in Peru
So Much World Peru Hotel Bookings and Travel Guide
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