The French region of Île-de-France, where Paris is located, has signed an agreement with Sarayaku, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, to compensate carbon emissions and trying to paralyze the petroleum industry in that area.
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Future oil exploration in the vicinity of 15 indigenous lands in the Brazilian state of Amazon
The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels launched without prior consultation with the National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI), a new pre-edict bidding for exploration and production of oil and gas in seven blocks.
Peruvian authorities archived more than 1,000 environmental pollution reports
Report of investigation site CONVOCA uncovered over a thousand cases of presumed environmental violations during the governments of Toledo, Garcia and Humala (between 2002 and 2013) and were “ignored despite the seriousness of the evidence”.
Traces of oil that Peruvian governments tried to hide
Peruvian investigative journalists accessed hydrocarbons environmental monitoring reports hitherto unknown that the last three governments ignored despite the seriousness of the evidence.
Colombian indigenous reserve gets big expansion after 20 years
The expansion of the Inga people’s Yunguillo Indigenous Reserve was first requested in 1983, but after 20 years of struggles, the efforts of those involved finally paid off as the reserve was quintupled from its original 4,320 hectares to 22,395 hectares.
Progresses fund for environmental remediation of oil blocks in Peru
Fund will be used for environmental remediation of the basins of the rivers Pastaza, Corrientes, Tigre and Marañón, in indigenous territories affected by nearly 45 years of oil activity.
Bolivia: Concern for decree opening protected areas to oil drilling
The Guardian lamented that the Bolivian government approved a supreme decree allowing oil exploration in protected areas of the country. Activists of nature alert that the law “sentence” the environment in Bolivia
FARC forced to shed 200 000 oil barrels in the Putumayo roads
Alleged FARC fighters forced drivers of 19 tankers carrying fuel oil to spill it on the road, in the village of La Cabana, near the town of Puerto Asis.
Loreto: Government creates contingency fund for environmental remediation
The law is intended to finance measures on sites impacted by hydrocarbon activities in the northern jungle that involve risks to health, environment and demand priority attention and exceptional of the State.
The Guardian: Colombian tribe scores ‘historic’ victory versus Big Gas
State company Ecopetrol pulls out of drilling site in territories belonging to the indigenous U’wa people.