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South America

South America

How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle.

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WHAT OXFAM IS DOING

Increasing Political Participation

Protecting Indigenous Territories

Improving Emergency Response


RESEARCH

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Perú

Digging to Development

Extractive Sectors and the Poor


Río Blanco: Concerns About Mining

A proposal for a $1.4 billion copper mine in the environmentally fragile cloud forests of northern Piura, Peru, has local farmers, and civil society organizations concerned about pollution to the area’s rivers and wildlife habitats for endangered species.