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Youth Environmental Committee of Peru (Comité Ambiental Juvenil
CAJU) is a network of environmental youth organizations in Peru who united
in order to implement activities that favor conservation and fight pollution.
The committee has participated in various national activities, of which
the most recent was the “Inter-American Clean Air Day”. During
this event, we spoke directly with drivers of low-occupancy vehicles to
explain the negative effects of the high sulphur content in the fuel,
which include ecological harm and damage to their own vehicle.
Drivers responded well to the campaign, since they perceived CAJU members
as young people interested in protecting the environment. A large, decentralized
campaign is being developed where provincial representatives of CAJU will
participate actively. In this way, we hope that the Peruvian government
will stop importing fuel with high sulphur content. This could be achieved
through the support of an informed population, which we are on the way
to mobilizing.
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