Peru Dakar rally: Palaeontologists worry about geoglyphs
In Peru, palaeontologists and archaeologists have warned that the Dakar rally poses a serious risk to parts of the country’s unique geological fabric, one of the world’s largest geoglyphs.
13 Jan 2018
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