Around 20 people demonstrated on Tuesday in Paris to protest against the government of Ecuador for projects of oil exploitation in the Amazon, making a symbolic perforation in the street of a hotel.
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Sernanp ensures that Pluspetrol asked to explore the Manu in 2011
The National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru denied the request for hydrocarbon exploration in 2011 in the Manu National Park by Pluspetrol, because park is a UNESCO World Heritage and that this category “expressly prohibits the use of natural resources”.
The Guardian: Gas company targets protected Manú park in Peruvian Amazon
Leaked document reveals Pluspetrol is eyeing a region where biodiversity ‘exceeds that of any other place on Earth’.
La Hora: Amazon indigenous community resists the oil seduction
For Sani Isla community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, open the door to oil would mean better education and more income. However, the community has said no to the oil wells.
Vistazo: Argentine justice confirms embargo against Chevron for Ecuadorian case
The Argentine justice confirmed the embargo set by a court against Chevron’s assets in Argentina, in response to a lawsuit filed in Ecuador, as the local media reported Saturday.
The Guardian: Ecuadorian tribe gets reprieve from oil intrusion
Residents of Sani Isla have built up an arsenal of weapons to fend off Petroamazonas, in a confrontation which did not take place as expected
Pluspetrol is fined with $11 million for failing to meet environmental remediation in Pacaya Samiria
Peru fined nearly $ 11 million to PluspetrolNorte for failing to meet environmental remediation activities in the Yanayacu deposit, within the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
The Epoch Times: Amazon Special: Uncontacted tribes under pressure
In the Brazilian state of Amazonas, in Vale do Javari, three isolated indigenous groups can be affected by the exploitation of oil and gas, according to the Indigenous Missionary Council.
Terra: Chevron collects indigenous testimony that do not recognize plaintiffs in Ecuador
Chevron collected the testimony of a group of indigenous people who refuse to be part of the plaintiffs in a environmental lawsuit, for which the company was ordered to pay a compensation.
El Espectador: The Amazon, a matter of tact
2013 is a period during which the national government should define precisely what spaces preserve this territory and move away from the mining.