Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Indigenous Perú/Brasil.- installed outpost in Amazon reserve to protect against illegal loggers

MADRID, 29 Mar. Indigenous organizations have set up a guard post in the reserve Isconahua, the border between Peru and Brazil, to protect it from illegal loggers, because "the authorities ignored his repeated requests to take measures, as reported Survival International. So, have detailed the reserve for uncontacted Indians was created with the support of Inter-Ethnic Development Association of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) to protect isolated indigenous Isconahua living in these forests.

However, Survival warned that the area "has been invaded by illegal loggers," so the Ucayali AIDESEP Regional Organization and the Federation of Native Communities of the Ucayali and Tributaries (FECONAU) have teamed up to create a guard post and protect reserve for themselves. Specifically, he noted that in Peru "illegal logging is rampant and poses a serious threat to the survival of approximately fifteen uncontacted indigenous communities in the country," adding that flights over the Amazon "have documented the existence of illegal logging camps are forcing the Indians to flee into uncharted territory for them.

" Finally, Survival International said it has collected nearly 100,000 signatures calling for President Alan Garcia of Peru to "put an end to logging and safeguard the reserves."

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