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Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields — has sparked alarm among ...
Daily Reporter

Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru announced Tuesday that miners who had been operating illegally in a large protected archaeological reserve around the famous Nazca Lines will now be able to start the ...
Fast Company

Peru shrinks Nazca Lines reserve by 42%—sparking environmental and cultural concerns

Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42%—an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields—has sparked alarm among conservationists, archaeologists ...
Artnet

Nazca Lines Under Threat? Peru’s Downsizing Plan Sparks Alarm

Peru’s ministry of culture is receiving strong criticism from archaeologists and environmentalists following its decision to significantly reduce the size of the archaeological reserve that contains ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly Half of the Protected Land Around the Nazca Lines of Peru Is Now Open to Miners

The Nazca Lines were made around two millennia ago. Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Some 2,000 years ago, Peru’s ancient Nazca people created hundreds of monumental artworks in ...
Yahoo

Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

FILE - Geoglyphs known as the Nazca Lines are visible next to the Pan American Highway in La Pampa de Nazca, Peru, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru announced ...