Peru grappling with deforestation

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.

February 20, 2010 | Nature, News

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Peruvian gastronomy could become world cultural heritage

Thanks to its extreme biodiversity and the history of cultural mixing, Peru’s cuisine is increasingly considered one of the world’s greats. It is for this reason that the government has unveiled plans to make the country’s gastronomy an item of World Heritage in the “culture” category.

September 29, 2009 | News, Peruvian Food

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Peru’s patent win strikes blow against biopiracy [Featured]

Zoraida Portillo, writing for SciDev.Net, brings us news that Peru has stopped several foreign companies from registering patents on products traditionally developed by Peruvians.

Peru has prevented several foreign companies from taking out patents on products by demonstrating that they were developed using the traditional knowledge of Peruvians.

Over the past few months, the Peruvian National Commission Against Biopiracy has shown authorities from France, Japan, Korea and the United States that products submitted for patents were developed using the traditional knowledge of Peruvian people.

July 17, 2009 | News, Peruvian Food

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Machu Picchu, the nature reserve

Machu Picchu: Its more than 32,000 hectares are home to 423 types of birds, 352 kinds of butterflies, 41 species of mammals and 13 species of river creature that are protected by the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA). To see them you simply need to travel along the Inca trail, which is offers the best access to the biological reserve.

January 19, 2009 | Cusco Guide, Nature

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