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Protecting the Peruvian Amazon

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Oil Development Threatens Indigenous Communities

Yarinacocha Lake

Report from Jamaica: A plane crashes...what about clean up?

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In Danger: Sangre de Grado

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Logging in the Tropical Andes threatens this medicinal plant, used by indigenous peoples for generations.

The bark and resin of Sangre de Grado (Dragon`s Blood) has been used as a local medicine by indigenous peoples in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru for generations. Sangre de grado grows in the upper Amazon area of the Tropical Andes, which is one of the richest and most biologically diverse regions in the world. Sadly, this plant is one of many medicinal plants endangered by rapid deforestation.

In Danger: Magellanic Penguins

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E-LAW advocates at Fiscalia del Medio Ambiente (FIMA) in Santiago, Chile, report a major victory protecting a colony of 6,000 Magellanic penguins threatened by an ill-advised charcoal mining project in southern Chile’s Patagonia region.

In Danger: Kaiser-i-hind butterfly

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Fifteen kilometers southeast of Kathmandu, Phulchowki mountain rises above the Kathmandu Valley. In the Godavari forests nestled at the base of Phulchowki live hill leopards, barking deer, jungle cats, and 300 species of butterflies, including the rare Ka

In Danger: Ciprès de la Guaitecas

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A proposed aluminum plant in southern Chile could harm the habitat of this unique cypress tree.

In Danger: East African Bongo

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E-LAW partners are helping lawyers in Kenya oppose a logging plan that would diminish the forest habitat of Africa`s largest forest antelope.

In Danger: Green Sea Turtle

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The green sea turtle is one of seven sea turtle species worldwide, all of which are now endangered or threatened. E-LAW U.S. is working with Costa Rican advocates to protect marine habitats for turtles and other species.

In Danger: Drill

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Conservation experts consider the drill to be Africa`s most endangered primate. E-LAW is helping a Cameroonian attorney ensure that a pipeline project does not destroy and fragment the drill`s habitat.

In Danger: Dugong

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E-LAW U.S. is working with attorney Naoki Ikeda and the Japan Environmental Lawyers Federation to preserve critical dugong habitat off the island of Okinawa.

Dugongs are aquatic mammals that live in shallow coastal areas such as wide bays and mangrove channels, protected by nearshore islands. They are found in the warmer waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. They closely resemble their slightly rounder cousins, the manatees — and both are sometimes called “sea cows” because of their tremendous size and placid movements.

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