The company Petroamazonas EP will launch preparatory activities such as installation of camps and opening access in Tiputini and Tambococha fields, located the first out of the Yasuni National Park, and the second within.
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El Universo: Amazon community in Yasuní Park says is threatened
The Secretary of Hydrocarbons of Ecuador allocated block 43 to Petroamazonas for oil exploration and exploitation. Llanchama community leader says that companies develop activities without the consent of residents.
Ecuador will have referendum on fate of Yasuni after collect 700,000 signatures
Activists needed to gather half a million signatures, but collected over 100,000 more to make sure the results wouldn’t be invalidated.
ClearWater: Map highlights efforts to bring clean water to communities in Ecuador
Digital Democracy has partnered with the ClearWater Project to create a cutting edge interactive map that tells the story of indigenous communities of the Ecuadorean Amazon. Following years of oil contamination, local leaders have banded together to build rainwater catchment systems as a source of clean drinking water. The map brings together photographs, stories and […]
SERVINDI: Repsol sells oil shares of project in “isolated” indigenous territories
A Peruvian subsidiary of the oil company Repsol is selling 50% of Lot 39 to the Perenco company.
SERVINDI: UN Rapporteur calls for consultation for oil activities in Block 88
NGO considered vital that the Peruvian State meets the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya to protect indigenous peoples in isolation and initial contact.
Yasuni: threatened refuge in the lap of the Ecuadorian Andes
The junction of the Amazon basin and the Andes created one of the most biodiverse places in the world, at risk of being destroyed by oil exploration.
The Washington Post: In Ecuador, oil boom creates tension
As production declines at older wells, a new drilling push is moving the industry deeper into the forest and sensitive areas such as Yasuni National Park.
Gestión: Olympic oil company will start exploratory studies in the jungle of Amazonas and Cajamarca
In the middle of this year the company will begin studies in lot 145. Currently is waiting to get the social license.
International Report: Pluspetrol affects “integrity and ecological balance” in reserve
The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) indicated that “environmental management of the instalations of the Pluspetrol company are inadequate and this is affecting the integrity and ecological equilibrium” of the Reserve.