Peru's rainforests are under threat.
Around 60% of Peru’s land area lies east of the Andes and within the Amazon basin. This region contains a number of different forest types, and the ecology of some areas remains virtually unknown by western science.
Indigenous forest peoples occupy much of the lowland Amazon basin area, and include the Ashaninka, Shipibo, Matsiguenga and the Nahua. A number of tribes living in remote areas remain un-contacted.
As with other countries in the region, the rainforests are threatened by the migration of poor farmers from the Andean region into the eastern forest lowlands. As well as clearing the forests for farmland, this has also caused conflict with indigenous forest peoples. Increasingly, Peru’s forests are coming under pressure from commercial loggers. In some areas, the exploitation of oil and gas also poses potential threats to the forest and its inhabitants.
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