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Six farmers shot dead over land rights battle in Peru [1]

Six farmers have been shot dead by a criminal gang who wanted to seize their farms to muscle in on the lucrative palm oil trade, according to indigenous Amazon leaders in Peru.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2017
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Land [3], Farmers [4], Conflicts [5], Peru [6], Environment [7], Palm Oil [8], Forests [9], Deforestation [10]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palm-oil
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation