A NOTE FROM ARC’S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, JANA BELL

A NOTE FROM ARC’S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, JANA BELL

The past few months has been a real roller coaster ride for me! Sadly, the presence of illegal miners in our remote area has increased substantially. This fact partnered with the reality that the Peruvian government does not have the resources to deal with miners in...

WHO ARE THE ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS OF TAMBOPATA, PERU?

For nearly two decades, gold miners have illegally ravaged the Amazon rainforest in Peru’s Tambopata region. The miners move swiftly through the pristine jungle, turning it into treeless, toxic wasteland that could take 500 years to recover. Sadly, there’s no...
THE UNCONTACTED PEOPLE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

THE UNCONTACTED PEOPLE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

One of the most remote and least disturbed area in the entire Amazon rainforest basin lies in the region of Madre de Dios in southeastern Peru. It is here that the Yine people live in voluntary isolation, avoiding human contact. The Yine are most likely descendants of...