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Peru accupies postion 7 on the list of countries with the largest deforestation in the world in 2018
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Updated May 02, 2019
In another great attempt at nature conservation Peru upgraded at the beginning of 2018 the Yaguas National Reserve - one of the largest virgin primary rainforests of the world located in the Loreto Region - to a National Park which covers more than 868,000 hectares of Amazonian rainforest and is home to more than 3,000 species of plants, 500...
Largest solar power plant in Peru inaugurated
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Updated March 26, 2018
Enel Green Power Peru (EGPP), the Peruvian renewable energy subsidiary of the Italian multinational electricity and gas giant, started operations at its Rubi solar power plant in Moquegua in southern Peru.
The municipality of Surco, Lima uses the wood of trees that have to be cut down to make lovely large sculptures which are exhibited on the streets of the district; photo: Municipality of Surco
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Updated September 06, 2017
During colonial times often referred to as the “City of Gardens”, today the Peruvian capital Lima could rather be name city of concrete, asphalt, dirt and dust. Accessible green urban spaces and trees are rare and mainly concentrated in the “better” districts such as San Isidro, Miraflores and San Borja.
The coastal El Niño that hit Peru at the beginning of the year left 158 people dead; photo: accuweather
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Updated June 20, 2017
In the first quarter of 2017 Peru saw some extreme weather conditions with heavy rains, extensive flooding and dangerous flash floods throughout most parts of the country.
The municipality of San Isidro in Lima launches a composting pilot project collecting organic waste and transforming it into valuable compost; photo: Municipality San Isidro
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Updated June 13, 2017
For years the different municipalities of Lima encourage their citizens to recycle glass, paper, plastics, metals and tetra pak packages by placing recycling containers throughout the districts and distributing free garbage bags for recyclable materials that are picked up weekly.
Planting trees in Lima as part of the "Planta un arbol nace un vida" campaign; photo: serpar
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Updated May 23, 2017
Lima with its approx. 10 million inhabitants is the world’s second largest desert city. And while the richer districts try to outdo each other with lovely parks and green areas, most of the Peruvian capital, especially the poorer areas on the outskirts, consists of lots of concrete, shantytowns and dry and dusty wasteland– green spaces don’t exist or are...
Greenpeace activist Wolfgang Sadik sentenced to prison on probation for entering and damaging Peru's famous Nazca Lines
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Updated December 07, 2017
During the UN climate summit in Lima in 2014 a group of Greenpeace activists laid out a banner which read “Time for Change! The future is Renewable” next to the famous humming bird geoglyph of the iconic Nazca Lines causing not only irreversible damage to the sensible, age-old UNESCO World Heritage site, but also sparking a global outcry. ...
Cases of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in Peru
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Updated April 30, 2017
As the heavy rains and flooding over the past weeks combined with warm weather offered ideal conditions for mosquitos to reproduce, Peru now faces next to many other problems caused by the natural disaster alarming numbers of diseases transmitted especially by the mosquito species Aedes aegypti including dengue fever, zika and chikungunya fever.
Destruction and damages caused by the extreme rains and floodings in Peru in numbers as of March 30, 2017; graphic: rpp
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Updated April 30, 2017
Now that the worst rains and floodings seem to be over, the tense situation in Peru slowly calms down and the impact and extent of the damages caused by the unusually extreme weather conditions become evident.
Flooding in Peru – Video - Joint forces of volunteers, institutions and humanitarian aid
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Updated October 09, 2018
This video shows the recent efforts and joint forces of volunteers and institutions assisting affected areas in Peru after heavy rains and floods.
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