Fears Peru's Gas Expansion will Generate Conflict in UNESCO World Heritage Site

May 3, 2013 | Truthout

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.More »

Peruvian Government Declares State of Environmental Emergency in Pastaza Region

March 27, 2013 | Alianza Arkana Blog | Blog Post

"We are still drinking contaminated water every day... We think that with the declaration of emergency the government will be forced to worry about us and can solve our problem sooner."More »

Peru Declares Environmental State of Emergency in Its Rainforest

Government reports high levels of barium, lead, chrome and petroleum-related compounds

March 26, 2013 | The Guardian

Lima, Peru – Peru has declared an environmental state of emergency in a remote part of its northern Amazon rainforest, home for decades to one of the country's biggest oil fields, currently operated by the Argentinian company Pluspetrol. Achuar and Kichwa indigenous people living in the Pastaza river basin near Peru's border with Ecuador have complained for decades about the pollution, while successive governments have failed to deal with it.More »

Peru Declares Amazon Oil Contamination Emergency

March 25, 2013 | Associated Press

Lima, Peru – Peru's government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country's most productive oil fields, which are currently operated by Argentina-based Pluspetrol.More »

UN Urges Peru to Suspend US$480m Gas Plans "Immediately"

March 18, 2013 | Huffington Post

The United Nations' Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is urging the Peruvian government to "suspend immediately" plans to expand the country's biggest gas project, expressing concern for indigenous peoples living in "voluntary isolation" in the Amazon.More »

Peru's Indigenous People Take Battle over Gas Exploration to Court

Campaigning groups say further expansion into Amazon territory could lead to "extermination" of isolated tribes

January 3, 2013 | The Guardian

Peru's biggest indigenous federation, Aidesep, intends to use the courts to halt the planned expansion of the country's largest natural gas reserve further into territory set aside for isolated Amazon tribes.More »

Peru's Mysterious "Lot Fitzcarrald" Threatens Uncontacted Tribes

December 11, 2012 | The Ecologist

Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon – a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in 'voluntary isolation' and others in the early stages of contact.More »

Three Years after the Tragedy of Bagua and Little Has Changed

June 6, 2012 | Blog Post

Three years ago yesterday, Peruvian police opened fire on a group of protesters near the town of Bagua in northern Peru. The violent clashes that ensued left 34 dead and over 200 injured in the worst violence in recent history.More »

Analysis: Peru's Indigenous Losing Faith in Reformed Humala

August 17, 2011 | Reuters

Indigenous leaders and rights groups in Peru are expressing disappointment with President Ollanta Humala's plan to encourage oil exploration in the Amazon and want the leftist leader to safeguard tribal lands.More »

BID en la Mira (IDB Watch)

March 2011 | Report

A publication that exposes the failures of the Inter-American Bank.More »