MAAP #166: Mennonites have deforested 4,800 hectares (11,900 acres) in the Peruvian Amazon
Since 2017, the Mennonites have arrived in the Peruvian Amazon and created 5 new colonies. Here, we show that these colonies have caused the deforestation of more than 4,800 hectares (11,860 acres) of tropical forest, including 650 hectares (1,600 acres)…