Amazon Watch | Canadian oil company Talisman Energy has generated significant buzz in the Corporate Social Responsibility community with the recent release of their Global Community Relations Policy which incorporates the "broad principles" of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). However, Talisman continues to face protest and opposition to their operations...
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Péas Péas Ayui, Interview with an Achuar leader
During a recent visit to Peru, Amazon Watch Peru Program Coordinator Gregor MacLennan spoke to Péas Péas Ayui, who explains the Achuar’s opposition to oil drilling in their land.
Life with the Achuar
This video slideshow offers a glimpse into the life and culture of the courageous Achuar people in the Peruvian Amazon, who are fighting to keep oil drilling out of their ancestral territory.
Talisman Energy Faces Amazon Controversy at Annual General Meeting
Achuar people issue warning demanding Canadian oil company respect rights
Calgary, Canada – Concerns around Talisman Energy's controversial and risky plans to expand oil operations in the ancestral terrritory of the Achuar people in the remote Peruvian Amazon were front and center today at the Canadian oil company's annual meeting of stockholders.
Gulf Spill, One Year Later
A War Against Forgetting
SFGate City Brights | The relentless pursuit of oil has reached the remote Peruvian Amazon. On "No Drill Day", stand with the Achuar to defend their way of life under threat by yet another oil company, Canada's Talisman Energy.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Dozens of New Oil Spills Devastate Northern Peruvian Amazon
Report Reveals New Pluspetrol Spills As Government Green-Lights New Oil Development
Iquitos, Peru – Independent monitoring of Oil Blocks 1-AB and 8 in the Northern Peruvian Amazon has revealed devastating ongoing impacts of oil drilling, according to a recent report by the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Corrientes River (FECONACO).
Report of the Independent Territory Monitoring and Training Program of FECONACO
This report by the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Corrientes River (FECONACO) and Peruvian NGO Shinai documents the ongoing impacts of oil drilling in Oil Blocks 1-AB and 8 in the Northern Peruvian Amazon.
Dozens of New Oil Spills in the Northern Peruvian Amazon
A new report by the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Corrientes River reveals the devastating ongoing impacts of oil drilling.
Amazon in Focus 2010
In this year’s Amazon in Focus, we are pleased to present to you powerful and insightful articles from our campaigners in the field. The journeys and events that inspired these articles demonstrate the breadth of our work and, at the same time, the depth of our connection to our indigenous partners and the rainforest.
The September Eye on the Amazon Is Out!
The latest version of our Eye on the Amazon enewsletter is out and online. Among other developments, it highlights the historic agreement the Government of Ecuador has made with the United Nations to create a trust fund in exchange for refraining from drilling for oil in the Yasuni National Park.
A Photo Essay of Achuar Life and Resistance to Oil Drilling
Amazon Watch's Corporate Campaigns Director Mitch Anderson recently traveled deep into the heart of the territory of the Achuar people in Peru, and he has posted a moving photo essay about his recent visit.
British activist fighting expulsion from Peru
The Associated Press | LIMA, Peru - A British religious activist is fighting an expulsion order from Peru's government for allegedly inciting unrest among indigenous peoples protesting environmental damage from oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest.Brother Paul McAuley, a 62-year-old lay activist with the La Salle Christian Brothers who has
Achuar Photo Essay
For centuries the Achuar people have lived in harmony with the Amazon rainforest. But now, the unrelenting drive for oil has reached the deepest regions of their territory.
Group Criticizes Peru's Plans to Drill in Amazon
Latin American Herald Tribune | U.S.
Tribe Travels From Amazon to Battle Oil Company
Aol News | It took the three Achuar tribal leaders nine days to journey from their homes in the Peruvian Amazon to San Francisco, most of the time spent traveling by river in a small motorboat.
Meet the Achuar Delegates
By foot, boat, bus and plane, three Achuar indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon will travel to the United States and Canada from May 1st - May 9th as part of the launch of an international campaign to demand that Canadian oil company Talisman Energy immediately cease oil operations in the Achuar's ancestral Amazonian h
The Achuar and Talisman Energy
The Achuar indigenous people live in the Corrientes, Pastaza, and Morona river basins in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Achuar lands sit atop oil fields, although relatively marginal in terms of the quality and accessibility of the reserves.
Ambush in Sarayaku territory leaves three persons seriously injured
In spite of the attack, Sarayaku evicts invaders
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.
Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Confront Oxy at 2010 AGM
Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!
A Glimpse of Achuar Life
The Achuar are an indigenous people who live in the Pastaza, Corrientes and Morona river basins in the Amazon Rainforest on both sides of the Peru-Ecuador border. These photos give a glimpse of life in an Achuar community on the river Huasaga, in the Pastaza river basin.
Demonstrations and Repression of Protestors in Ecuador
The incident near the town of Macas in Southern Ecuadorian Amazon has reportedly left at least one Shuar indigenous protester dead, and dozens injured from both sides.
Laws criticized by Peru's indigenous groups
Reuters | Indigenous groups in Peru want the government to revoke a series of laws that President Alan Garcia signed last year using special powers Congress gave him to implement a free-trade pact with the United States
Peru Clashes To Oust Ministers, Force Law Revamp
Reuters | Peruvian President Alan Garcia will likely have to fire senior ministers and modify or repeal laws aimed at enticing foreign investment in mining and energy to defuse a deadly stand-off with Amazon tribesmen over land and resources.
Peruvian Police Fire on Unarmed Indigenous Tribes' Oil and Gas Protest
At approximately 5 am this morning, the Peruvian military police staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road outside of Bagua, in a remote area of northern Peruvian Amazon.
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
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 c
Occidental Petroleum in Achuar Territory: A Legacy of Harm
A short vignette of Occidental Petroleum's legacy of polluting the Peruvian Achuar territory. In support of the Achuar's campaign for justice, Amazon Watch is mobilizing an international campaign to force Occidental Petroleum to fund an environmental cleanup and to compensate affected communities.
Occidental Petroleum's Toxic Legacy in the Peruvian Amazon To Dominate Annual Meeting
Company Urged to Rectify Past Harm Shareholders Warned: Oxy Faces Lawsuit Similar to Chevron in Ecuador
Interviews Available Onsite Before and After the AGM LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2009 – Today, a delegation of concerned shareholders, environmental and human rights activists, lawyers and celebrities will once again address Occidental Petroleum's (OXY) annual stockholders' meeting to urge CEO Ray Irani and the Board of
Peruvians oppose Talisman exploration Indigenous groups in conflict with Calgary corporation
Fast Forward Weekly | Talisman Energy is facing continuing opposition to its oil exploration and testing in a remote area of Peru.
