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Peru: Gas company to drill in Manu National Park buffer zone, imperiling indigenous people
2014-02-04 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into a supposedly protected reserve for indigenous peoples and the buffer zone of the Manu National Park in the Amazon rainforest. The approval follows the government rescinding a highly critical report on the potential impacts of the operations by the Culture Ministry (MINCU), the resignation of the Culture Minister and other Ministry personnel, and repeated criticism from Peruvian and international civil society....
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