St. John's Climate Lecture Highlights Challenges Faced by Indigenous People of Peru
March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
QUEENS, New York, March 28 -- St. John's University issued the following news:
In few places have the local population been as active in pushing back against environmental change as in the mountainous areas of Peru and Bolivia, home to the indigenous Quechua people.
According to Quechua-born activist Tarcila Rivera Zea, the people push back out of necessity.
"The solutions offered were not appropriate for the environment in which we live," Ms. Riv . . .
In few places have the local population been as active in pushing back against environmental change as in the mountainous areas of Peru and Bolivia, home to the indigenous Quechua people.
According to Quechua-born activist Tarcila Rivera Zea, the people push back out of necessity.
"The solutions offered were not appropriate for the environment in which we live," Ms. Riv . . .