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 »

The 11th Round Oil Auction in Ecuador: A Tough Sell

December 3, 2012 | Analytica Investments Weekly Report

The government and indigenous organizations led by Amazon confederation CONFENIAE continue at loggerheads over the southeast, with the latter bent on derailing the oil round.More »

Quechua Turn Pastaza Oil Protest into Watershed Deal with Government

June 23, 2012 | Alianza Arkana Blog | Blog Post

After more than a week of peaceful protests, indigenous Quechua residents of the Pastaza River basin finally pushed the Peruvian government to launch a high-level investigation of foreign oil company operations.More »

Indigenous Groups Fight for Recognition and Illumination in Peru

March 26, 2012 | Mongabay.com | Blog Post

The amazing part of the Corrientes story is not the damage that has been done but that the people have fought back, learnt about what is happening, and are finally forcing the oil companies to clean up their act.More »