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How Peru’s illegal wood gets exported around the world

Dan Collyns Development, Environment October 14, 2014October 27, 2014Ashaninka, edwin chota, illegal logging, loreto, Peru, ucayali

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/14/illegal-logging-peru-amazon-deforestation

Ruth Buendia: Game Changer

Dan Collyns Environment, Human Rights May 26, 2014September 24, 2015Amazon, Ashaninka, Featured, indigenous, Pakitzapango, Peru, River Ene, Ruth Buendia

Ruth told me her story for CCTV America. Shot by Ronald Reategui.

My interview with Ruth Buendia

Dan Collyns Uncategorized May 21, 2014June 9, 2014Ashaninka, Goldman Environmental Prize, megadam, Pakitzapango, Peru, River Ene, Ruth Buendia, Sendero Luminoso, shining path

Ruth Buendia, the woman who thwarted a plan to build massive hydroelectric dam which would have flooded her people’s land. The first Ashaninka woman leader and the well-deserved winner of an ‘environmental Oscar’ – a Goldman Environmental Prize, …and me..