Native Peoples' Right to Consultation on Land Use Enshrined in Law  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51619

Indigenous peoples in Peru finally have a law that obliges the state to consult them about any project or provision that affects their territory or communities. But it will be difficult to implement, as the body charged with this task is in need of reforms, and additional legislation is needed before it can be fully enforced.he new law comes at a time when private investment projects are mushrooming in ancestral indigenous territories, generating a number of high impact social conflicts.

The most serious took place Jun. 5, 2009 in the northern Amazon jungle province of Bagua, where 33 demonstrators and police were killed when the security forces clamped down on indigenous protesters. Over 70 percent of Peru's Amazon region has been handed over as concessions to oil companies, while in the Andean regions licenses for mining projects are proliferating.