The Achuar and Talisman Energy...
May 03, 2010,
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| The Achuar indigenous people live in the Corrientes, Pastaza, and Morona river basins in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Achuar lands sit atop oil fields, although relatively marginal in terms of the quality and accessibility of the reserves. However, successive oil companies – first U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and now Argentina's Pluspetrol – have been pumping oil in the Corrientes river...
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BID en la Mira (IDB Watch)...
Mar 11, 2010, IDB Watch
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| A publication that exposes the failures of the Inter-American Bank.
Click on the link below to read the latest critiques (in Spanish) of IDB policies by civil society organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Una publicación que expone las fallas del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
En el documento abajo podrá leer las últimas críticas de las políticas del BID de parte ...
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Amazon in Focus 2009...
Oct 06, 2009,
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| In celebration of our 13th year protecting the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, Amazon Watch released the second edition of Amazon in Focus. The compendium of articles covers our programs and campaigns in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia and highlights such topics as global climate change negotiations and the threat of huge infrastructure projects to the Amazon.
Download...
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Declaration to Reform Brazil's National Development Bank ...
Sep 11, 2009,
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| The following declaration, entitled "Towards a Democratic BNDES," is authored by a group of Brazilian civil society organizations and social movements, called the "Plataforma BNDES". This group is working to reform the policies of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) in order to rescue its social mandate from an increasingly destructive and non-participative development model.
BNDES ...
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ConocoPhillips in the Peruvian Amazon...
May 13, 2009,
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| The tropical rainforests of the Peruvian
Amazon, second in expanse only to that of Brazil, has
emerged as a flashpoint for the oil industry in Latin America
and for ConocoPhillips in particular: the company is now the
leading holder of exploration acreage in Peru with over 10.5
million acres. The Peruvian state exhibits a weak regulatory
capacity and little political will for protecting the ...
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The Anchorage Declaration...
Apr 24, 2009,
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| From 20-24 April, 2009, Indigenous representatives from the Arctic, North America, Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean and Russia met in Anchorage, Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change. We thank the Ahtna and the Dena'ina Athabascan Peoples in whose lands we gathered.
We express our solidarity as Indigenous Peoples living in areas that are the most vul...
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IDB WATCH (IN SPANISH)...
Mar 28, 2009,
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| A publication that exposes the failures of the Inter-American Bank to such a degree that it restricted its distribution during the 50th meeting of its governors in Medellin, Colombia. Click on the links below to read the latest critiques of IBD policies by civil society organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean....
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Amazon in Focus 2008...
Dec 01, 2008,
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| In celebration of our 12th year protecting the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, Amazon Watch released Amazon in Focus. The compendium of articles covers our programs and campaigns in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia and highlights such topics as global climate change and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Download your copy!...
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Holding the IDB and IFC to account on Camisea II
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Sep 19, 2007,
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| Espanol Abajo
A review of applicable international standards, due
diligence and compliance issues
Author
Tom Griffiths
September 2007
The the full report can be downloaded from the link below
Executive Summary
Located in a remote, inhabited area of the Peruvian rainforest, the Camisea Natural Gas Project (“Camisea I”) is arguably one of the most controversial “development”...
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Oil and Gas in the Peruvian Amazon - Fact Sheet...
Jan 30, 2007,
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| This fact sheet was prepared by Save America's Forests and by Peru's Derechos Ambiente y Recursos (DAR)
Summary:
Perupetro on February 2, 2007 will present studies of 10 blocks conducted by the agency as well as studies of eight blocks conducted by geological consulting firm Gustavson Associates. Eleven of these blocks are in the Peruvian Amazon and together cover ~ 9 million hectares (22.2...
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