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U'was group protesting

The Guardian: Colombian tribe scores ‘historic’ victory versus Big Gas

By Mark Smith 27 de March de 201514 de September de 2020

State company Ecopetrol pulls out of drilling site in territories belonging to the indigenous U’wa people.

Oil Spill in the Amazon in Ecuador

The Nation: Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future?

By Mark Smith 18 de December de 201414 de September de 2020

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.

Amazon Watch Video: Keep the Oil in the Ground in the Amazon

By Mark Smith 27 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

The video and petition call for an end to Amazon oil drilling, stating “the science is clear: we have to keep two-thirds of fossil fuels in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate change”.

Daily Sabah: Ecuador – Amazon’s Lush Green turns Dark Black

By Mark Smith 16 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

What makes Lago Agrio different is the ongoing ecological disaster. Disease and death began to spread around the town and the surrounding village of Shushufundi after the petroleum wells were opened in 1962.

InfoRegión: Four new oil blocks located in the Madre de Dios region to be auctioned

By Mark Smith 2 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

(Association for the Conservation of the Amazon Basin) ACCA presented a map of where the lots are located and shows that they are located over chestnut, shiringa and forestry areas.

Deforestation ramping up in Yasuni as Ecuador sets to open up national park to drilling

By Mark Smith 29 de July de 201414 de September de 2020

Yasuni National Park has been in the conservation spotlight in recent years, with oil drilling threatening their forests and wildlife. Satellite data shows a significant increase in deforestation alerts within the park since 2011.

Petroperú denounced for hiring minors to clean the oil spill in Loreto

By Mark Smith 22 de July de 201414 de September de 2020

Panorama presented a report showing the impacts of this spill and also denounced Petroperú for hiring minors to clean up the remnants of oil in the affected area without proper protection.

Loreto: After ten days the impact of the oil spill in Urarinas is still unknown

By Mark Smith 10 de July de 201414 de September de 2020

Although Petroperu reported that no river in the area was contaminated, communities say the Marañón basin is contaminated, because “they noticed (the spill) when the fish were already dropping dead.”

Correa Defends Oil Extraction in the Yasuni Amazon Reserve

By Mark Smith 11 de November de 201314 de September de 2020

Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, defended the exploration of petroleum resources in the Yasuní Amazon Reserve while giving a talk at a French university.

MOST READ

Amazon Watch Video: Keep the Oil in the Ground in the Amazon

27 de September de 2014

Deforestation ramping up in Yasuni as Ecuador sets to open up national park to drilling

29 de July de 2014

InfoRegión: Four new oil blocks located in the Madre de Dios region to be auctioned

2 de September de 2014

Loreto: After ten days the impact of the oil spill in Urarinas is still unknown

10 de July de 2014

U'was group protesting

The Guardian: Colombian tribe scores ‘historic’ victory versus Big Gas

27 de March de 2015

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