(Washington, DC) – This week, more than 100 civil society organizations from 18 countries stepped up pressure on the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), sending a letter urging its governors to explain how the Bank's failing grades in transparency, sustainability, and accountability will be repaired before approving mana
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La Junta de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo son llamados a rendir cuentas sobre el pedido de Aumento de Capital
Carta a los Gobernadores demanda mayor Transparencia, rendición de cuentas y pruebas de las reformas estructurales necesarias antes de la aprobación de la solicitud de Incremento de Capital
(Washington, DC) - Esta semana, más de 90 organizaciones de la sociedad civil de 17 países llamaron la atención al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), exigiendo a la Junta de Gobernadores mayor transparencia, rendición de cuentas y pruebas de que las reformas estructurales necesarias (sean aprobadas/ implementadas
A second hydrocarbon boom threatens the Peruvian Amazon: trends, projections, and policy implications A report by Matt Finer and Marti Orta-Martinez, Environmental Research Letters
A rapid and unprecedented proliferation of oil and gas concessions threatens the mega-diverse Peruvian Amazon.
Peru Set to Open Last Refuges of the Amazon to Oil and Gas Drilling
National Indigenous Organization AIDESEP Rejects Impending Auction of New Oil Blocks in Amazonian Territory
Houston – Perupetro, the oil and gas-licensing arm of the Peruvian government, confirmed plans yesterday to auction another 19 hydrocarbon concessions in the Amazon rainforest. With these new concessions, two-thirds of the Peruvian Amazon are now earmarked for oil and gas drilling.
Ecuador: Correa's Erratic Policy
Energy Intelligence | Since taking office in 2007, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has made resource nationalism and leftist populism the hallmarks of his oil policy.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
AIDESEP Decries the Peruvian Government's Oil Rush
In light of the Peruvian State's push for the granting of oil and gas concessions in our Amazonian rainforest, AIDESEP would like the Peruvian and international citizens and decision-makers to know the following:1) We condemn the government of Peru for not fulfilling its obligations and failing to protect
55 países ofrecieron bajar sus emisiones. Brasil y Costa Rica se sumaron al Acuerdo de Copenhague. Pero hay oposición en el resto de Latinoamérica.
El Comercio (Ecuador) | Un total de 55 países, responsables del 78% de las emisiones de los gases contaminantes a escala mundial, presentaron sus metas de cara a 2020.
International outcry as Brazilian government grants license for construction of dam on Xingu River
MediaGlobal | On 1 February, the Brazilian government announced it had given the go-ahead for the construction of a new dam on the Xingu River in the northern state of Pará.
Chevron Caught Misrepresenting Facts about Expert Report in Ecuador Trial
Oil Giant "Desperate" to Derail $27 Billion Liability
QUITO, Ecuador–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In its latest attempt to evade a $27 billion liability in Ecuador, Chevron is misrepresenting key facts about a court-appointed expert who conducted a damages assessment not to the company's liking, representatives of the plaintiffs announced."Chevron is again trying to strong-arm the
Court in Sucumbíos Manipulated by Chevron
Once Again Shows Evidence of Company's Abuse of the Law
QuitoThe coordinator of the Assembly of People Affected by Texaco, Luis Yanza, showed his indignation over the decision by the deputy president of Sucumbíos' Provincial Court, Nicolás Zambrano, for allowing the abuse of the law and the delay in sentencing in the Chevron case.
Brazilian Government Shoves Belo Monte Down Our Throats Ahead of Campaign Season
Brazil's Xingu River, its indigenous and traditional inhabitants, and the immense stretches of intact Amazon rainforest that it traverses, are under threat.
Ecuador: Indígenas solicitan protección de la CIDH por violencia de empresa minera
Servindi | Servindi, 5 de febrero, 2010 - Pobladores indígenas de la Amazonía ecuatoriana llegaron hasta la sede de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en Costa Rica, para solicitar que se les binde medidas de protección debido la hostilidad y amenazas realizadas por una compañía minera."Venimos a pedir que la
From the Xingu Alive Forever Movement: a letter of denouncement and indignation against the approval of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam's provisional license.
This letter was issued by the civil society organization Xingu Alive Forever Movement (Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre) strongly denouncing the approval of the provisional license for the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River.
Destructive Belo Monte Dam Gets Green Light in Brazil
BBC | This interview with Amazon Watch Brazil Program Coordinator Christian Poirier was aired on the BBC 5 radio program Up All Night with Rod Sharpe.
Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil
Times Online UK | Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes.The Belo Monte project on the Xin
Global Concern Mounts Over Brazilian Government's Licensing of the Destructive Belo Monte Dam
The World's Third Largest Dam Is Expected to Devastate Vast Area of Amazon Rainforest
Brasilia, Brazil – A coalition of environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned the news that an environmental license was issued yesterday by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam.
Obama's War for Oil in Colombia
Counterpunch | This past summer, President Obama announced that he had signed an agreement with Colombia to grant the U.S. military access to 7 military bases in Colombia.
BNDES Called to Account for Projects
Recharge Magazine | Latin American communities and organisations want Brazil's national development bank, BNDES, to stop sponsoring 'destructive' renewables projects.Plataforma BNDES, a coalition of nearly 30 representatives from Brazilian social movements and non-governmental organisations, is pressing the bank to operate tr
A Missed Opportunity to Reach a Just Climate Accord Amazon Watch at December 2009's Climate Summit
by Andrew Miller, Environmental and Human Rights CampaignerThis past year, all environmentalist roads led to Copenhagen. The 15th annual climate summit was heralded as perhaps the world's last, best opportunity to address the looming climate crisis.
Yasuní-ITT: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
by Kevin Koenig, Northern Amazon Program CoordinatorEcuador's historic proposal to keep some 850 million barrels of crude that lay beneath the country's stunning Yasuní National Park hit a familiar roadblock last weekend, as President Rafael Correa undermined his own negotiating team, denounced foreign don
GDF Suez and the destruction of Brazil's Madeira River
The Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon is under threat due to the construction of the Jirau dam by the French multinational corporation GDF Suez.
Video Urges Chevron to Clean Up Oil Pollution
Sphere | SAN FRANCISCO (Jan.
French Multinational GDF Suez Criticized for Lead Role in Building the Controversial Madeira Dam in the Brazilian Amazon
GDF Suez Nominated for Most Environmentally Irresponsible Company in the 2010 "Public Eye Awards"
This week, a coalition of civil society organizations from Brazil, France, the United States and Peru sent a letter to Mr.
Letter to GDF Suez Protesting the Company's Destructive Role in the Madeira River Complex
The following letter was sent by a coalition of civil society organizations from Brazil, France, the United States and Peru to Mr.
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Indigenous peoples contribute extensibly to humanity's cultural diversity, enriching it with more than two thirds of its languages and an extraordinary amount of its traditional knowledge.There are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in all regions of the world.
GDF Suez is nominated for a "prize" for its disrespect to the environment linked to the Jirau dam
Folha Online | Translated by Katherine NeedlesSee original article in Portuguese below.The French-Belgian company GDF Suez, participating in the construction of the Jirau dam on the Madeira River in Rondônia, has been nominated for a kind of "international prize" for irresponsible environmental behavior.
Indígenas de Ecuador piden al nuevo presidente de Chevron reparar los daños
EFE | Washington, 13 ene (EFE).- Las comunidades indígenas de la Amazonía ecuatoriana que reclaman a Chevron una indemnización de 27.000 millones de dólares por supuestos daños ambientales piden, a través de una campaña anunciada hoy, que el nuevo presidente de la petrolera estadounidense, John Watson, atienda sus peticiones
Ecuadorean Communities to New Chevron CEO "We Don't Want to Continue Dying from Cancer"
In New Video, affected Ecuadoreans urge John Watson to Address the Company's Damage in the Amazon Corresponding Global Petition Demands Immediate Action
On Wednesday January 13th, just days into John Watson's tenure as the new Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation, Amazon Watch's Clean Up Ecuador Campaign is launching a global petition to Mr. Watson, with an accompanying video-message.
Ecuador Foreign Minister, criticized for Amazon project, quits
Reuters | QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Fander Falconi stepped down Tuesday, a source at the ministry said, after President Rafael Correa criticized the way that Falconi was negotiating an Amazon rain forest protection project."He resigned this morning," said the source, who has direct knowledge of the situation
