OUTRAGE OVER PERU’S DECISION TO NEARLY HALVE PROTECTED AREA NEAR NAZCA LINES
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✍️ Peru's culture ministry has cut the protected area around the Nazca Lines by nearly half, excluding an area nearly the size of urban Lima, sparking outrage from archaeologists and environmentalists.
👉 The protected area around the Nazca Lines has been reduced by nearly half 👉 The move has been met with outrage from archaeologists and environmentalists 👉 The area excluded from the protected zone is nearly the size of urban Lima 👉 Hundreds of new geoglyphs were discovered using AI, predating the famous lines in the sand 👉 The decision may open up the area to illegal mining and weaken environmental protection
-- #AnaMaríaCogornoMendoza #MariaReiche #CésarIpenza #LuisJaimeCastillo #SidneyNovoa #MarianoCastro #FabricioValencia #Peru #Lima #MachuPicchu #Nazca #environment
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