Overview
- Analysts reported that 16.5% of national territory is concessioned for mining, 35% of those concessions overlap communal lands, and 33.7% of Peru is under titled community management.
- Organizations warned that roughly 90% of campesina community lands lack georeferencing, and fragmented institutional datasets hinder territorial defense and oversight.
- In Espinar (Cusco), about 47% of the province is under concessions while only around 10% of communities have georeferenced their lands.
- In Madre de Dios, 22% of the region is concessioned and mining—largely illegal—has driven more than 135,000 hectares of deforestation by 2025, with a corridor affecting 10 native communities.
- The southern mining corridor impacts 37 campesina communities, and local leaders report severe health, social, and legal pressures, including claims that the state keeps issuing concessions despite on-the-ground conflicts.