ConocoPhillips and Repsol in the Amazon

Amazon Watch is monitoring concessions held by US-based oil company ConocoPhillips. The company holds two concessions in this area covering 5.5 million acres of ecologically-sensitive forestlands, some of which are home to peoples living in voluntary isolation. Spain's Repsol, jointly holds the concession for one of the blocks. Amazon Watch has called on both companies to abandon the lot based on the grave risks their operations pose to isolated peoples living there.More »

We want to say thank you. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

November 21, 2012 | Blog Post

It's been a huge year here at Amazon Watch. As we look towards 2013 we know that we can only do so thanks to the strong foundation you provide. Your activism, your partnership, all those petitions and all your financial support.More »

Under Pressure, ConocoPhillips Withdraws from Peru

October 8, 2012 | Blog Post

ConocoPhillips announced today that they are pulling out of Oil Bocks 123 and 129 in the Peruvian Amazon. The announcement comes just weeks after Talisman Energy announced their withdrawal from the country.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 »

In Defense of Water and Life

National March of Solidarity in Iquitos

June 1, 2012 | Alianza Arkana Blog | Blog Post

Leading the pack was a small boy with a handwritten sign, "Don't you drink water from the Nanay? Join the fight." And behind him thousands of people from Iquitos and the region of Loreto, chanting and marching along the main streets of Iquitos.More »

Protests for Healthy Water Policy in Peru Link Highlands and Jungle

May 31 to be Day of National Solidarity

May 21, 2012 | Alianza Arkana Blog | Blog Post

From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous and mestizo groups across Peru plan to mobilize on May 31 to resist industrial development projects that they say would destroy vital natural water sources and threaten community survival.More »

Conoco Drilling Threatens Water Source for Half Million in Peru

Peruvian citizens mobilize against exploration wells in sensitive areas of the Amazon

May 9, 2012 | Press Release

San Francisco, CA – Grassroots opposition is mounting as ConocoPhillips' plans to drill for oil within the fresh-water source for Peru's largest rainforest city.More »

Investor's Eye on the Amazon - May 2011

May 2011 | Report

This is the second edition of our Investor's Eye on the Amazon quarterly email newsletter, featuring a new report entitled "An Analysis of the Operational Risks to Chevron Corporation from Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco."More »

ConocoPhillips Withdraws from Controversial Oil Block 39 in Peru

Amazon Watch hails decision for isolated peoples' rights at Annual General Meeting

May 11, 2011 | Press Release

Houston, Texas – ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva announced today that the company has withdrawn from its controversial co-venture with Repsol-YPF in Oil Block 39 of the remote northern Peruvian Amazon.More »

Ambush in Sarayaku territory leaves three persons seriously injured

In spite of the attack, Sarayaku evicts invaders

May 2, 2010 | Press Release

Sarayaku, Ecuador- Ambush in Sarayaku territory leaves three persons seriously injured: In spite of the attack, Sarayaku evicts invaders On Friday 29th of April at 7.30 pm, a group of men from Sarayaku were attacked with dynamite and firearms. Our comrades managed to see that some of the attackers were of African race. [...]More »

New Report Uncovers Serious Risks in ConocoPhillips Peru Operations

Company Urged to Withdraw From Mega-Concession Covering Over 10 million Acres of Pristine Amazon Rainforest

May 13, 2009 | Press Release

Houston, May 13, 2009 – Two environmental organizations, Amazon Watch and Save America's Forests, are calling on ConocoPhillips to immediately withdraw from a 10.5 million acre mega-concession in the Peruvian Amazon, as the groups issue a new investigative report citing serious environmental and human rights issues in the company's Peruvian holdings.  [...]More »