Five instances in which Peru won the battle against deforestation

News 08.09.17

An aerial view of a forest being cleared, showing trees being cut down and removed for land development.

The main activities that have threatened forests in these areas include illegal gold mining and the advancement of industrial agriculture. Satellite images from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), show deforestation for large oil palm and cacao plantations in central and northern Peru is no longer expanding.