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EUROPE: EU grants GI status to Peruvian pisco

2013-11-07 17:38:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Peru has secured Geographical Indication (GI) status for its domestic spirit pisco within the European Union.

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Extent of Peruvian Amazon lost to illegal goldmines mapped first time

2013-10-29 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The area affected by illegal gold mining in Peru's south-eastern Amazon region increased by 400% from 1999 to 2012, according to researchers using state-of-the-art mapping technology. Using airborne mapping and high-satellite monitoring, researchers led by the Carnegie Institution for Science also showed that the rate of forest loss in Madre de Dios has tripled since the 2008 global economic crisis, when the international price of gold began to rise to new highs. Until this study, thousands...

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Small Illicit Gold Mines Devour Peruvian Amazon Rainforest

2013-10-29 00:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The area covered by gold mining in the biologically rich Madre De Dios region in the Peruvian Amazon has quadrupled in the years from 1999 to 2012, finds new research published online today. For the first time, researchers have been able to map the true extent of gold mining by combining information from field surveys with airborne mapping and high-resolution satellite monitoring. The Carnegie Airborne Observatory flies over the Madre De Dios region of Peru.(Photo courtesy Greg Asner, Carnegie...

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Modernization Initiatives And Peacekeeping Missions Help To Drive The Peruvian Defense Industry To 2018

2013-09-06 03:15:36| rfglobalnet News Articles

Defense expenditure in Peru is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of 13.38% to reach a value of US$5.5B by 2018. As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), the Peruvian defense budget stands at 1.3% in 2013 and is expected to increase to 1.6% by 2018, according to this new report: Future of the Peruvian Defense Industry – Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018.

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Peruvian ministers resign over Amazon gas project

2013-08-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Survival International: At least three ministers have resigned in Peru, amidst increasing pressure to approve a controversial gas project in the Amazon. The plan to expand the existing Camisea gas project, which is within the Nahua-Nanti Reserve for uncontacted tribes, has been widely condemned, and in March the UN called for its 'immediate suspension`. Peru`s Ministry of Culture, charged with protecting indigenous peoples` rights, last week issued a report outlining the dangers the project would pose to uncontacted...

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