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			<title>Amazon Watch</title>
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			<description>Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.</description>
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			<copyright>2013</copyright>
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<title>International Activists Block Ilisu Dam Construction Site in Turkey</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0521-international-activists-block-ilisu-dam-construction-site-in-turkey</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Hasankeyf, Turkey &ndash; Today representatives of dam-affected communities and organizations from South America, the Middle East, Europe, the US and Africa, including Brazilian indigenous leaders accompanied by Amazon Watch, blocked the entrance to the construction site of the Ilisu dam in southeast Turkey demanding an end to controversial development that would sink an ancient city dating back to the Bronze Age.  ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:59 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Servio Returns to Hand Watson a Pink Slip</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0520-servio-returns-to-hand-watson-a-pink-slip</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Two years ago Ecuadorian farmer Servio Curipoma left his rainforest home and traveled thousands of miles to bring his story to the US. This month he returns to demand that Chevron's CEO resign. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:21:31 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Be Dammed: Deforestation Undermines Brazil’s Hydropower Viability</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0516-amazon-be-dammed-deforestation-undermines-future-viability-of-brazils-hydropower-projects</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ A new study of the Belo Monte Dam, one of the world's largest hydropower energy complexes currently under construction on the Xingu River in the eastern region of the basin, found that large-scale deforestation in the Amazon poses a significant threat to a dam's energy-generating potential. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:36 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>International Rivers Conference Exposes Global Impact of Dam Industry</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0518-international-rivers-conference-exposes-global-impact-of-dam-industry</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Istanbul, Turkey &ndash; Dam-affected communities and international conservation organizations from South America, the Middle East, Europe, the US and Africa come together today at the International Rivers Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, to debunk the myth of mega-dams as "clean" energy. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:48:32 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail, Part II</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0515-letters-from-the-amazon-watch-campaign-trail-part-ii</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon &ndash; Yesterday I left the Amazon jungle after an amazing week there. Prior to leaving however, I shared with my Achuar indigenous friends a dream I had about you. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:35 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Belo Monte Contractors Raise Price Tag of Controversial Amazon Dam</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0514-belo-monte-contractors-raise-price-tag-of-controversial-amazon-dam</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Brasilia, Brazil &ndash; The daily difficulties faced in the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the state of Pará have expanded beyond the confines of its construction site and reached the negotiating table of the companies in charge of building it. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:44 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Xingu: The Belo Monte Battle Continues</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0514-xingu-the-belo-monte-battle-continues</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "As we entered peacefully, we decided to leave peacefully. We show that we are not bandits and that we respect the court's decision. We hope that our attitude shows us to be open to a dialogue." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:42:21 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Peru Spares Amazon Rainforest from Oil and Gas Push</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0514-peru-spares-amazon-rainforest-from-oil-and-gas-push</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon Watch's Andrew Miller, currently in Peru, says the "sustained campaigns of local indigenous communities, their federations and international allies appear to have changed the government's calculus. Whereas in the past they promoted the oil rounds to international companies without advising communities, now they have to comply with the consultation law." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:53:37 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>$19B Ecuador Liability Puts Chevron CEO on Hot Seat Before Annual Meeting</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0514-19b-ecuador-liability-puts-chevron-ceo-watson-on-hot-seat-before-annual-meeting</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Oakland, CA &ndash; Facing growing shareholder unrest over asset seizure actions and forced to testify about his alleged misconduct in the $19 billon Ecuador case, Chevron CEO John Watson again will be on the hot seat at the company's annual meeting in late May where rainforest indigenous villagers and investors plan to confront him over his company's toxic dumping in the Amazon. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:08:35 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0513-letters-from-the-amazon-watch-campaign-trail</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon &ndash; This is my first international trip away from you since your birth eight months ago, and I already miss you tremendously. I want to explain to you the importance of this trip. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:32:15 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Brazil Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0507-brazil-indians-occupy-belo-monte-dam-site</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Brasilia, Brazil &ndash; The federal government said Monday it would not negotiate with indigenous groups which on Tuesday entered their sixth day of occupying the controversial Belo Monte dam construction site. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 07:50:27 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Oil Demand Threatens Ecuador's Rainforest</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0503-oil-demand-threatens-ecuadors-rainforest</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ The Wauroni tribes, who live in the forests of Ecuador, are getting ready to challenge the Ecuadorian government’s plan to sell as much as 8 million acres of rainforest for oil drilling, saying they are prepared to fight to the death to protect the land.  ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 09:56:09 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Fears Peru's Gas Expansion will Generate Conflict in UNESCO World Heritage Site</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0503-fears-perus-gas-expansion-will-generate-conflict-in-unesco-world-heritage-site</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ A department within Peru's Environment Ministry is concerned that the expansion of the country's biggest gas project in the southeast Peruvian Amazon could generate conflict between indigenous peoples living there. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:31:04 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Indians Occupy Controversial Dam to Demand a Say</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0503-amazon-indians-occupy-controversial-dam-to-demand-a-say</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Brasilia, Brazil &ndash; Amazon Indians on Friday refused to end their occupation of a building site that has partially paralyzed work on the world's third largest hydroelectric dam for two days. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:43:00 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>A United Cry Against Dams in the Amazon</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0503-a-united-cry-against-dams-in-the-amazon</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday Brazil and the world witnessed a historic moment of unity and struggle for the Amazon and its people. Some 200 indigenous peoples, riverine communities and fishermen continue to stop work on the Belo Monte dam. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:39:06 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Indigenous Peoples Launch New Occupation on Belo Monte Dam Site</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0502-indigenous-peoples-launch-new-occupation-on-belo-monte-dam-site</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Altamira, Brazil &ndash; Some 200 indigenous people affected by the construction of large hydroelectric dams in the Amazon launched an occupation today on one of the main construction sites of the Belo Monte dam complex on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:53:52 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Is Chinese Big Oil Going to Destroy Ecuador's Amazon?</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0502-is-chinese-big-oil-going-to-destroy-ecuadors-amazon</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ To the world's oil and gas companies, the Amazon rainforest is one huge cash cow just begging to be milked. But anyone who'd rather not rid the world of 30 percent of its animal species would probably argue it's a region that shouldn't be destroyed by rich people. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:23:39 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Brazilians Denounce Dirty Belo Monte-Euro Connections</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0501-brazilians-denounce-dirty-belo-monte-euro-connections</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Last week two key leaders in the ongoing struggle against Belo Monte denounced European corporate backing of the dam before Green Party members of the European Parliament in Brussels. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:57:36 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Damocracy: The Movie</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0430-damocracy-the-movie</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Watch this powerful new documentary that takes the name of the <em>Damocracy</em> movement formed following the Rio+20 Earth Summit to counter the permanent destruction of cultural and natural heritage being caused by large-scale dams. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:30:52 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Visiting Yawepare and Clean Water for the Amazon</title> 
<link>http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0425-visiting-yawepare-and-clean-water-for-the-amazon</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ ClearWater is a community-based project that is providing clean water drinking systems to hundreds of affected families among the indigenous nationalities in this oil-affected region. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:29:14 -0700</pubDate> 
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