Minería ilegal y cultivo de coca en la Reserva Comunal El Sira
CIES-funded study (2023 Annual Research Competition) with Gonzalo Delgado and Daniel Hernando on how illegal mining and coca cultivation penetrate the buffer zone of the El Sira Communal Reserve, and their impacts on forest loss.
Brief research project (“Delitos ambientales conexos en la Reserva Comunal El Sira: economías ilícitas y deforestación en la Amazonía peruana”) examining how illegal coca cultivation and artisanal mining penetrate the buffer zone of the El Sira Communal Reserve and their impacts on deforestation, despite the area’s protected status and co-management with indigenous communities.
With Gonzalo Delgado and Daniel Hernando, affiliated with Universidad del Pacífico. Funded by CIES through its XXVIII Annual Research Competition (2023).