The indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, in Ucayali region, has emerged as a finalist for a human right prize for its defence of its territories against attempts to use these for palm oil extraction by the Melka group. Readers of the PSG Newsletter will be acquainted with this bitter struggle against Melka and the scale of deforestation of virgin jungle that the company has perpetrated. The Tulip prize is awarded by the Netherlands government, and Santa Clara is on a short list of ten. If you would like to vote for Santa Clara, then you can do so through this Servindi website.
https://www.servindi.org/actualidad-noticias/02/09/2016/comunidad-shipiba-es-finalista-para-premio-de-ddhh-del-gobierno