A historic sentence in Peru brings hope for land and environmental defenders
Illegal loggers who murdered four Ashéninka Indigenous leaders in 2014 sentenced to 28 years in prison

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The trade in illegal timber in Peru has furthered the exploitation of indigenous peoples’ land and resources, while contributing to the deforestation of the Amazon basin. Our investigations have uncovered timber exporters’ complicity in illegal logging, and contributed to a dramatic u-turn by the Peruvian government to restore the independence of the country’s forest inspection agency.