{"id":280012,"date":"2025-05-06T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?page_id=280012"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:21:18","slug":"environmental-defenders-in-madre-de-dios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/environmental-defenders-in-madre-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental defenders in Madre de Dios"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Environmental defenders take many risks protecting nature. Globally, every week people get killed because they stand up for their natural environments and human rights. (Indigenous) Women are often at the forefront of defending environmental human rights, while at the same time being more at risk. With the support of the French Development Agency, we work together with Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental and two locally-based organisations to strengthen the work of environmental defenders in Peru’s Madre de Dios. Below you find publications, news, and stories related to our work in Madre de Dios.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n International Women\u2019s Day 2026: why gender justice is urgent for women defenders in the Amazon\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Course in Madre de Dios to strengthen the work of Peruvian environmental defenders\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Recycled but not responsible: loopholes in recycled gold from the Amazon\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n International Women’s Day 2025: strengthening gender equality worldwide\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Women in a degraded Amazon: struggles for land, body and nature\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Gold mining in Madre de Dios: mercury in every body\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n COP16: Empowering women environmental defenders\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Women environmental human rights defenders side event at South America RCF\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n IUCN NL at COP16: side events overview\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding: addressing challenges and solutions in the Amazon\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Action plan on environmental human rights defenders approved at Escaz\u00fa COP 3\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Indigenous environmental defender Victorio Dariquebe Gerewa killed in Madre de Dios\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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