MENU SEARCH COUNTRIES LANGUAGES PERU Peru is home to the fourth largest expanse of tropical forest on earth, but it is under threat, and so are the people trying to protect it. Read more Environmental ActivistsReport PERU'S DEADLY ENVIRONMENT As Peru prepared to host the 2014 UN climate talks, four murders in its Amazon were tragic reminders of a paradox at work in Peru’s forest sector. ForestsReport ROCKY ROAD How legal failings and vested interests behind Peru’s Purús highway threaten the Amazon and its people. Forests FOREST TRANSPARENCY: PERU Environmental ActivistsReport DEADLY ENVIRONMENT A rising death toll on our environmental frontiers is escaping international attention. Tweet Share DONATE July 27, 2015 Forest Transparency: Peru Forests Report / May 15, 2013 Rocky Road How legal failings and vested interests behind Peru’s Purús highway threaten the Amazon and its people. Forests Report / Nov. 25, 2014 Peru's Deadly Environment: The rise in killings of environmental and land defenders "What we've been reading" Article / Sept. 26, 2012 Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Peru: A Blessing or a Curse? A report by Peru Support Group. Oil, Gas & Mining Press Release / June 10, 2011 Global Witness releases second annual report on forest transparency Global Witness today publishes the second phase of its unique comparative study of transparency in the forest sectors of four developing countries. The report shows improvements in governments’ willingness to engage with civil society in each country, but sounds an overall warning to the international community that access to information on forest management remains hugely insufficient. Forests Press Release / May 15, 2014 Los juicios contra líderes indígenas podrían perjudicar la celebración de las negociaciones sobre el clima en Perú (Global Witness) Click here to read in English. Forests Press Release / May 15, 2014 Trials of indigenous leaders could undermine Peru’s hosting of climate negotiations, warns Global Witness Para leer el texto en español, haga click aquí. Forests Press Release / May 15, 2013 Los intereses creados en torno a la carretera Purús de la Amazonía ponen en peligro a grupos no contactados y al medio ambiente con el pretexto del desarrollo económico Read this press release in English El proyecto de construcción de una carretera de 270 km de longitud atravesando la Amazonía peruana está plagado de incumplimientos de la ley y posibles conflictos de intereses, según ha declarado hoy Global Witness en su nuevo informe. Forests Press Release / May 15, 2013 Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill, putting uncontacted groups and the environment at risk under the guise of development Leer este comunicado en Español Forests Press Release / Feb. 20, 2013 Major breakthrough in fight to end illegal logging as Interpol arrests 200 across 12 countries Global Witness welcomes Interpol’s announcement that it has arrested nearly 200 people and seized around US$8 million worth of illegal timber in a major international crackdown on illegal logging and timber trafficking in Central and South America. This is a significant breakthrough in efforts to control a deadly trade valued at up to US$100billion, which is destroying the forests the planet needs to survive and leaving the people who live in them stranded. Forests SHOW NEXT 10 FOLLOW GLOBAL WITNESS GET OUR NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Contact us Press releases About us Jobs Support us Privacy Terms of use © Global Witness 2015 (Global Witness is not responsible for the content of external sites)