Lima, Peru | Saturday 11 October 2008 08:10 | |
Mining contamination in La Oroya, a town in Peru's Andes, reached historic and shocking levels last week, reported El Comercio daily.
A delegation of Polish scientists, led by geologist Andrzej Paulo, recommended turning the Colca Canyon and its nearby area into a national park with the aim of protecting its natural beauty and the richness of the environment.
Peru's environment minister, Antonio Brack said Wednesday that the production of transgenic food in Peru should be controlled with the aim of preserving native species such as the Giant White Corn from Cusco, a product having high demand in international markets.
A spectacular waterfall believed to be among the highest in the country was found in the jungle province of Uctubamba, located in Peru’s Amazonas region, local explorer Obed Cabanillas Silva announced on Tuesday.
Government authorities in Loreto, Peru's largest and northernmost region, have announced that measures are being and will be taken to protect, care for and preserve the lives of pink dolphins and other mammals in captivity.
In the last 33 years, a loss of 26 percent of the Cordillera Blanca (White Mountain Range) surface has been registered, due to global warming, the director of the Glaciology Unit of the National Institute of Natural Resources (Inrena) Marco Zapata, reported Tuesday.
Peru's Minister of the Environment, Antonio Brack, and the UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Peru, Jorge Chediek, will sign an agreement on sustainable management of environmental resources to reduce climate change impact on high Andean micro-basins.
People across Lima have had the chance to enjoy some sunshine and warmer weather for the past ten days.
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