Community does not accept that the oil company Maurel et Prom initiate the exploration stage in lot 161 because they claim they have not been consulted beforehand.
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New round of oil bids in the Amazon: Ecuador between extractive and conservatism
Indigenous Ecuadorians and environmentalists reject the oil round.
Ministry of Culture said do not issued EIA technical opinion in Block 88
The ministry requires extensive work to gather first-hand updated information on the vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact Situation inhabiting the Kugapakori Reserve that could be affected.
Oil boom threatens Amazon tribesmen
The Waorani tribe is prepared to fight to the death to defend their territory against oil exploration.
Ministry of Environment declares emergency in Rio Pastaza by oil spill
The government declared an emergency after confirming that many cases of environmental pollution in the region were not restored promptly by Pluspetrol and other oil companies.
Peruvian Amazon: technology promises to reduce the impact of oil wells
Today, oil exploration in the Peruvian Amazon causes deforestation and contamination of rivers. New study shows the best techniques to reduce impacts.
Event in Canada to promote investments in the Ecuadorian Amazon was interrupted
Activists interrupted a seminar organized by the Ecuadorian authorities in Canada to invite Canadian oil companies to participate in auction of concessions in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Ecuador auctions off Amazon to Chinese oil firms
Indigenous groups claim they have not consented to oil projects, as politicians visit Beijing to publicise bidding process.
Balsa overturns and spilled asphalt compound in Negro River
Thirty thousand liters of compost used for asphalt production leaked after boat they were hit on the river rocks and sinks.
108 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest available for oil and gas exploration
The concessions for exploration and extraction of oil and gas are proliferating along the Amazon countries according to a new comprehensive atlas of the region.