A decade of illegal gold mining has transformed a formally lush area in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon into a wasteland. In February 2019, the president of the region of Madre de Dios (where most of the destructive mining takes place) declared a state of emergency...
Back in 2011, a good friend of mine invited me to join her on a four-day trek to Machu Picchu, Peru, to celebrate a milestone birthday. Machu Picchu was not even on my radar at the time, but I jumped at the opportunity because I love to travel. I did some research and...
The market forces of globalization are invading the Amazon and threatening its future existence. We can’t rely on world governments to preserve the world’s tropical forests and the ecological services they provide. It is up to organizations (like ARC) to...
