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Achuar

Campaign Update Declaration for the Protection of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters We, the Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador and Peru together with our allies, call on the global community for... October 15, 2019

An Earthquake Rocks GeoPark

Blog An Earthquake Rocks GeoPark "As the Achuar People, along with the Wampis Nation, we completely reject the entry of GeoPark into our... July 2, 2019

Amazon Leaders Tell GeoPark CEO James Park: Leave Our Territory

Press Release Amazon Leaders Tell GeoPark CEO James Park: Leave Our Territory Eight Achuar and Wampis leaders from the Peruvian Amazon confronted GeoPark executives at the oil company’s annual shareholder... July 1, 2019

News Indigenous Tribe Halts Oil Drilling in Amazon – for Now "The Achuar and the Wampis communities have an opportunity now to convince GeoPark that this project is fatally... June 27, 2019

News Peru Native Groups Use New Legal Strategy to Push Back on Oil, Mining Plans Indigenous groups in Peru are turning to the courts with a new legal strategy for keeping mining and... June 27, 2019

Press Release Statement on GeoPark's Withdrawal of Its Request for a Drilling Permit Late on Thursday, June 20th, the Chile-based oil company GeoPark withdrew its request for an environmental permit to... June 21, 2019

“My Message for GeoPark? Don’t Enter Achuar Territory.”

Blog “My Message for GeoPark? Don’t Enter Achuar Territory.” An indigenous delegation from the Peruvian Amazon prepares to take the fight to GeoPark's doorstep June 10, 2019

For the Achuar, Life Comes Before Oil

News For the Achuar, Life Comes Before Oil Two million acres of Achuar land is threatened by Geopark’s imminent exploitation of Block 64 May 27, 2019

Amazon in Focus 2019 / 2017-2018 Annual Report

Report Amazon in Focus 2019 / 2017-2018 Annual Report Protecting and restoring the Amazon, indigenous rights, and the climate, requires greater unity across movements. Accomplishing the required... April 22, 2019

Danger Zone for Peru’s Achuar People

Blog Danger Zone for Peru’s Achuar People The risk of new oil drilling in Achuar territory is more alarming than it has been since I... April 3, 2019

GeoPark Fomenting Social Conflicts in Peru’s Amazon

Press Release GeoPark Fomenting Social Conflicts in Peru’s Amazon Washington, DC – A detailed new report published by the non-governmental organization Center for Public Policy and Human... March 6, 2019

Defending Rights, Building Unity, and Protecting the Amazon Sacred Headwaters

Blog Defending Rights, Building Unity, and Protecting the Amazon Sacred Headwaters In the remote, roadless rainforest territories along the border between Ecuador and Peru, over a dozen indigenous nationalities... February 12, 2019

Catastrophic Oil Spill in the Peruvian Amazon Pits State Energy Company Against Local Tribe

News Catastrophic Oil Spill in the Peruvian Amazon Pits State Energy Company Against Local Tribe Last week, at least 8,000 barrels of crude oil gushed into the northern Amazon rainforest in Peru, creating... December 11, 2018

Amplify! A Celebration of Voices from the Amazon

Photo Gallery Amplify! A Celebration of Voices from the Amazon Thank you to all our friends and supporters who joined us on October 5th, 2018 for our annual... November 28, 2018

Press Release Block 64: The Wampis Nation Denounces the Serious Socio-Cultural Impacts of GeoPark and PetroPeru’s Maneuvers The oil companies GeoPark and PetroPeru have no limits when it comes to forcing their operation in Block... October 25, 2018

Peru’s Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again

Blog Peru's Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again The Achuar of the Pastaza River provide a different vision than the traditional top-down models of nature conservation,... October 11, 2018

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