Comments on: Only 8 Rangers Patrol 3rd Largest National Park in Amazon Rainforest

By: Jaguars: The Problem With Their Extinction « Saving the Amazon

Jaguars: The Problem With Their Extinction « Saving the Amazon — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:38:41 +0000

[...] rangers protecting and monitoring the land. This has been a well documented issue. There were only eight park rangers patrolling Alto Purús National Park. This park is the third largest park in the Amazon rainforest [...]

By: bijoy mishra

bijoy mishra — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:22:59 +0000

one for one million, How defiant and courageous they are.

By: Adriano

Adriano — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:07:24 +0000

Hola, estudio la cultura de los pueblos nativos. Me gustaria visitar el pueblito Mashco Piro o Akuntsuguía en el Alto Purus? Conoces a un guía que puede acompañarme?
Gracias

By: Levi Novey

Levi Novey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:28:33 +0000

Tim, it really differs. Alto Purus is where the famous “uncontacted tribes” reside who were photographed “for the 1st time” last year. They are threatened because of illegal logging. On the other hand, I just read this article: http://www.livinginperu.com/blogs/features/1023

The article suggests that some communities are buying into the idea of parks, but as I’ve written on ecopolitology before, some indigenous communities think it’s a land grab that will take away their sovereignty and rights.

I think most Peruvians support national parks conceptually, but only as long as they provide economic opportunities for people.

By: Timothy B. Hurst

Timothy B. Hurst — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:19:23 +0000

Are there still any claims on any of the land in the park from indigenous people? What’s your sense of the “buy-in” for national parks in Peru?

By: Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 30 | Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:48:02 +0000

[...] Purús National Park, the country’s largest and the third-largest park in South America, says Ecopolitology — which asks whether the western model of parks will ever be sustainable in the developing [...]

By: The 3rd Largest National Park in the Amazon Rainforest is Patrolled By Only 8 Rangers « Levi Novey

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:48:07 +0000

[...] article was originally published on ecopolitology.org– a website covering the politics of energy and the [...]