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Oil or Death in the Amazon Commentary by Jennifer Jacobs, Rudolf von May, and Alessandro Catenazzi mongabay.com June 06, 2009 More than 70% of the Peruvian Amazon has been allocated for oil and gas extraction, and the current government of Alan Garcia has been pushing for more. Unfortunately, as usual, these policies are promoted by and only benefit a handful of people, but negatively impact the lives of many. However, Garcia’s government did not foresee the potential consequences of their actions.
We urge people to read the cited article and follow the events occurring in Peru and other neighboring countries. News links regarding the incident in Peru on Friday, June 5, 2009 amazonwatch.org NYtimes.com El Mundo (Spain) AIDESEP Related articles Peruvian police kill 22 Indians in battle over Amazon oil drilling (06/06/2009) At least 30 are dead following a clash between police and Indians protesting oil development in Peru's Amazon region. Tribes in Peru to get $0.68/acre for protecting Amazon forest (06/03/2009) Indigenous communities in Peru will be paid 5 soles ($1.70) per hectare ($0.68/acre) of preserved forest under a new conservation plan proposed by Peru's Ministry of Environment, reports the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) in its bi-monthly update. Peru may take military action against Indians protesting Amazon energy development (05/19/2009) Indigenous protesters have stepped up demonstrations over the Peruvian government's moves to support energy development in the Amazon rainforest, reports Reuters. Peru's uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack (10/22/2008) Illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon is driving uncontacted tribes into Brazil where they are in conflict over food and resources with other uncontacted groups, according to a Reuters interview with a leading expert on indigenous tribes. Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru's President Garcia (08/31/2008) Peru's Congress rejected two decrees by President Alan García that made it easier for foreign developers to buy Amazon rainforest land. The repeal came just two days after lawmakers struck a deal with indigenous rights groups whose protests over the law had shut down oil and gas operations. The groups were worried that the laws weakened their land rights in favor of loggers, miners, and drillers. In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon (08/21/2008) In Peru indigenous rights groups and congressional leaders are pairing up against President Alan Garcia to revoke a controversial land law passed last week, reports Reuters. Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon (08/12/2008) 688,000 square kilometers (170 million acres) of the western Amazon is under concession for oil and gas development, according to a new study published in the August 13 edition of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. The results suggest the region, which is considered by scientists to be the most biodiverse on the planet and is home to some of the world's last uncontacted indigenous groups, is at great risk of environmental degradation. Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader (04/22/2008) Peruvian authorities failed to respond to requests for protection from Julio Garcia Agapito, the environmental leader who was gunned down in southeastern Peru in late February, according to a new petition which calls for an investigation into his murder. Julio Garcia's killing at the hands of an illegal logger set off international outcry and highlighted rising tensions over the paving of a highway in the Amazon rainforest. Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru (03/14/2008) After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the Amazon rainforest, Don Julio Garcia Agapito, a Peruvian environmentalist was gunned down by unknown assailants on February 26th, 2008. He is survived by his family. SHARE THIS ARTICLE:
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