Peru's government has abandoned a plan that reduced the size of a protected area around the country's ancient Nazca Lines, it ...

According to La República, the College of Archaeologists of Peru alerted that the reduction not only compromised the ...

This move comes after concerns that the reduction exposed the ancient site to the risks of informal mining operations.

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process ...

Peru's government has reversed a decision that reduced the protected area of the Nazca Lines. Following criticism and ...

Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1 ...

In recent years, satelliteimageryand conservation monitoring tools have documented encroachments by gold miners and the ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

A decision of Peru's ministry of culture to reduce the size of the Nazca Lines reserve by more than 40 percent is prompting ...

"The main threats to the Nazca Lines are informal mining operations in the surroundings and even within the protected area," Pieter Van Dalen, head of Peru's archaeologists' association, told Reuters.

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 ...

The Nazca Lines were first brought to the world's attention in the 1920s, when airlines brought their passengers over the Nazca Pampa, an arid region of Peru locked between the Andes and the ...