As mitigation projects intended to stave off the worst of the dam's impacts languish, even supporters have begun to question whether its planners have any intention to soften the coming socio-environmental disaster that is Belo Monte.
The stage is set for a very close election, especially given that in the past over a quarter of the population has changed its preference right before the final vote. What's at stake for the Amazon region and its indigenous inhabitants?
"Hidden tribes of the Amazon", "free peoples", "uncontacted tribes", "indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation." While society is quick to cast labels, in most cases their true name is known only amongst members of their group.
Peru is emerging as one of the key laboratories for a big experiment to save the world's remaining tropical forests known as REDD.
Following the damning report last month documenting 18 major spills, this new video from our partners in Peru documents a major new spill of over 400 barrels of crude.
The Madeira River: Life Before the Dams is a beautiful example of the power of film to capture natural beauty and human emotion, mostly through the play and laughter of children.
From the contamination left by Chevron's former operations to the pristine and breathtaking Yasuni National Forest, we witnessed the true human and environmental cost of oil extraction, as well as the beauty that is worth saving.
ChevronInEcuador.com | "Well, we have yet another example of a major corporation – an oil giant, in fact – that has shown the world it intends to play by the rules only when it suits them."
ChevronInEcuador.com | Diego Borja, self-proclaimed "dirty tricks" operative for Chevron in Ecuador is scheduled to appear in court today to answer questions about his attempts to entrap a judge overseeing the monumental trial against the oil company.
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