Preservation vs. Profit in Peru. William Mullen.
by Mullen, William; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 33Environment. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Associations, institutions, etc | Azul, Cordillera (Peru) | Coca industry -- South America | Drug traffic -- Peru | Environmental protection -- Latin America | Forest conservation | Logging | National parks and reserves -- Peru | Petroleum industry and trade | Rain forests -- PeruDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As a national park, the Cordillera Azul's wilderness was supposed to enjoy Peru's highest level of environmental protection, making it illegal to damage, destroy or extract the park's natural features, such as timber or subsoil minerals. But the hint of the presence of hundreds of millions of dollars in oil riches was about to trump those protective impulses in the impoverished South American nation." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article analyzes the challenges facing Field Museum scientists as they try to protect the Cordillera Azul from oil companies, drug dealers and loggers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Preservation vs. Profit in Peru, April 20, 2004; pp. n.p..
"As a national park, the Cordillera Azul's wilderness was supposed to enjoy Peru's highest level of environmental protection, making it illegal to damage, destroy or extract the park's natural features, such as timber or subsoil minerals. But the hint of the presence of hundreds of millions of dollars in oil riches was about to trump those protective impulses in the impoverished South American nation." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article analyzes the challenges facing Field Museum scientists as they try to protect the Cordillera Azul from oil companies, drug dealers and loggers.
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