A law passed by the Peruvian government to decrease environmental regulation has been met by protest
![In 2009, 33 people died in clashes between anti-mining protesters and police. [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481211353454734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Vladimir Gil Ramon is a researcher at the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Conservation (EICES) at Columbia University, and a faculty member of the Environmental Development Master’s Program and the Social Science Department at the Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).
A law passed by the Peruvian government to decrease environmental regulation has been met by protest
![In 2009, 33 people died in clashes between anti-mining protesters and police. [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481211353454734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)