Government will establish a fund for environmental remediation of the basins of the rivers Pastaza, Tigre, Corrientes and Marañón (Loreto region), impacted by the extraction of hydrocarbons.
Tag: oil
Peru21: ‘We demand that Pluspetrol remedy its environmental liabilities’, says Peruvian president
President Ollanta Humala demanded the Argentinian Pluspetrol solve environmental conflicts it has with native on a lot that was handed in concession in the Peruvian Amazon.
The wounds of Pluspetrol oil company in the Peruvian Amazon
After 15 years of oil exploitation and six months before of the end of its contract, Pluspetrol fight in court for not paying millions in fines by environmental violations.
Peruvian indigenous threaten to close more oil wells
Indigenous threatened to close more wells of the largest block oil of Peru unless the Argentinian firm Pluspetrol agrees to pay compensation for polluting their ancestral lands.
Sol de Pando: Seismic prospecting in Amazonia to ensure oil exploration
Bolivian state oil company started the bidding process for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of more than 2,000 kilometers of 2D seismic lines in Beni River and Nueva Esperanza areas, of Madre de Dios basin.
Kichwas that blocked the Tigre river require arrival of a high-level commission
Indigenous peoples affirmed they will not desist until the arrival of state commissioners and senior executives of the company Pluspetrol.
The Nation: Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future?
In July of this year, a pipeline ruptured near an upriver tributary of the Aguarico, just above Dureno. The spill, an estimated 16,000 barrels, spread for almost a hundred miles down through the precious 600,000-hectare Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, as far as Zabalo.
Rising deforestation, fossil fuels use drive Brazil’s emissions 8% higher
Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits.
New oil spill in Petroperu Norperuano pipeline in Loreto, Peru
The Petroperú reported an oil spill from the pipeline Norperuano in Urarinas, Loreto.
Chariboan Joi: “Voices Flying As Maracana Parrot”, a Peruvian project
“Chariboan Joi,” means “Voices Soaring Like the Maracaná Macaw” in the Shipibo language. Our project have that name because those parrots are very boisterous and travel long distances, which is what we seek with our stories.