Informationsstelle Peru e.V.Biodiversity defender murdered in #MadredeDios #Peru #Bergbau #Menschenrechte
Calls for justice and action have rung out following the killing of an environmental defender and farmers’ leader last week in Madre de Dios – a part of Peru’s Amazon beset by illegal gold mining. The founder of the Asociación de Agricultores Nueva Esperanza and member of the management committee of the Tambopata National Reserve, he was ambushed while driving a truck in Santa Rosa region.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2025/08/biodiversity-defender-murdered-in-madre-de-dios/
Calls for justice and action have rung out following the killing of an environmental defender and farmers’ leader last week in Madre de Dios – a part of Peru’s Amazon beset by illegal gold mining. The founder of the Asociación de Agricultores Nueva Esperanza and member of the management committee of the Tambopata National Reserve, he was ambushed while driving a truck in Santa Rosa region.
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2025/08/biodiversity-defender-murdered-in-madre-de-dios/