Miami Herald | Quito - The three largest Indian tribes in Ecuador's Amazon region say they are ready to block oil-drilling activity on their territory, which could make a U.S.
Achuar
Burlington Advisors Speak with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples
El Comercio | El Meollo, Ecuador - Investment Advisors to Burlington Natural Resources wanted to hear the perspectives of local leaders and grassroots communities regarding their opposition to oil development. A group of shareholder advisors to Burlington met with Achuar, Shuar, and Kichwa indigenous leaders.
The New Amazon - In the Face of Petroleros, Bribery, and Soldiers, Ecuador's Sarayacu Defend a World and a Way of life
Orion Magazine | When the oil workers and soldiers arrived at their borders in December of 2002, the people of Sarayacu were ready. They had built twenty-five "Peace and Life" camps spaced evenly along the boundaries of their territory deep within Ecuador's southern Amazon. Each camp held ten to fifteen people.
Indigenous People in Ecuador Stand up to the Oil Industry
Miami Herald | Sarayaku, Ecuador -As the Amazon sun slowly heats up, Marlon Santi, president of the community of Sarayaku, addresses residents under the shade of a zinc roof, updating them on the international legal fight against oil exploration and extraction in their territory.Though no road leads to this Kichwa-speaking com
Perú: Histórica decisión municipal reconoce propiedad de territorio indígena
La Voz de la Selva | Con ocho votos a favor y una abstención el Concejo Municipal provincial de Datém del Marañon aprobó la ordenanza municipal 0012-2008-CM-MPDM, que establece el procedimiento autónomo de ordenamiento y zonificación territorial para los pueblos indígenas de esta provincia.La decisión municipal ha sido calificada c
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Indigenous Tribe Takes on Big Oil -- Ecuadoran Village Refuses Money, Blocks Attempts at Drilling on Ancestral Land
Chronicle Foreign Service | Sarayacu, Ecuador - This community of 2,000 Quichua Indians is mounting a groundbreaking and – so far – successful campaign to prevent oil exploitation on their ancestral lands in the southern Amazon region ofEcuador.Unlike most other indigenous groups, Sarayacu has been able to keep an Argentine
Burlington Resources' Plans for Ecuador Run Into Opposition
New York Times | Houston - Burlington Resources, a large independent energy company, has been seeking to drill for oil in a remote part of the Ecuadorean Amazon since the late 1990's, when it acquired an exploration property there. Pablo Tsere, an Indian leader from the same area, has been opposing the company's efforts for just as long.
Tribe Delivers Message at Shareholder Meeting
Houston Chronicle | Wearing his traditional headdress made of toucan feathers, tribal leader Pablo Tsere asked Houston-based Burlington Resources to stay out of his back yard — the Amazon rain forest.Tsere is chief of the 80,000-member Shuar tribe of southeastern Ecuador.
Tribe from Ecuador Protests Burlington Oil Drilling Project in Amazon
AP | The leader of a tribe in Ecuador traveled from the Amazon rainforest to Texas for a shareholders' meeting at a major oil and gas exploration company in order to express his people's opposition to an oil drilling project in theenvironmentally threatened region.Pablo Tsere, chief of the 80,000-member Shuar tribe
Amazonian Indigenous Chief Addresses Burlington Resources Shareholders on Controversial Oil Projects “Immediately Withdraw from our Territory.” Investors Voice Concerns at Company Meeting --Recent footage of growing conflict, the indigenous commun
Houston — Today at Burlington Resources’ annual meeting, shareholders were addressed directly by the chief of the Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon who had traveled thousands of miles and several days to voice the adamant opposition of the region’s indigenous peoples to Burlington’s planned oil projects on their t
Burlington Ecuador Oil Project Seen Facing Showdown
Reuters | Houston - A long-running fight to halt oil exploration in the Ecuadorean Amazon by U.S. independent energy producer Burlington Resources (BR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its partner is is nearing potential conflict with the threat of military intervention looming, indigenous leaders said yesterday.
Burlington Urged to Exit Amazon Blocks
International Oil Daily | An Amazonian Indian leader wearing a head-dress made of red, yellow and black Toucan feathers urged Burlington Resources on Wednesday to drop plans to explore for oil on two large tracts of land in the jungles of southeast Ecuador.
Message from the Shuar People of the Ecuadorian Amazon to Burlington Resources at its Annual General Meeting of Investors
“We ask for the immediate departure of all oil companies from the territories of the Shuar, Achuar and Quichuas peoples.We Shuar are an ancient people who continue to live in our territory according to our customs and our own cosmovision.
Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Travel to Houston – Call on Burlington Resources to Immediately Abandon Controversial Oil Drilling Projects on Their Territories
Burlington Investors to Raise Concern at Corporation’s Annual Meeting about Growing Tension around the Rainforest Projects10-Minute Video Exposé on the Threats from Burlington’s Ecuador Oil Projects to Premiere – Recent footage of growing conflict, the indigenous communities, rainforest, and oil
Houston-based Burlington Resources Prepares to Use Ecuadorian Military to Forcibly Enter Amazon Indian Lands --- Military Invasion Expected As Early as Tomorrow --
Indians Declares a State of Emergency and Call for Area to be Permanently ProtectedBurlington Investors Raise Concern about Growing Controversy and Rights Violations – Broadcast quality digital video and high-resolution stills of the community, rainforest, oil drilling and conflict available –
Sarayaku Declares State of Emergency
El Comercio | The community of Sarayaku (Pastaza) has declared a state ofemergency to defend its territories against oil exploration.The decision was the result of a visit by President Lucio Gutierrez and Minister of Energy and Mines Carlos Arboleda to Pastaza on January 18.
Kapawi Journal-- Ecuador Indians Fend Off Oil Companies with Tourism
New York Times | An Achuar Indian, Cristóbal Callera treads through the jungle like a child of the rain forest. But on a recent day he had a gaggle of heavy-footed tourists in tow, the rain falling in waves and the trail mired in mud. Mr.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Extends Precautionary Measures in Favor of Sarayaku
Quito, Ecuador - On December 17, 2003 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, based in Washington D.C., extended the Precautionary Measures granted in favor of Sarayaku for an additional six months.This extension is primarily based on the grave incidents that occurred on December 4th and 5th of 2003 when several
Seeking Balance: Growth vs. Culture in Amazon
New York Times | Pumpuentsa, Ecuador — As international energy companies move into the Amazon basin to tap some of the last untouched oil and natural gas reserves, more and more natives are fighting to keep them out. Oil workers and contractors have been kidnapped, company officials say. Equipment has been vandalized.
An Announcement by the Kichwa People of Sarayacu
Puyo, Ecuador - The Kichwa People of Sarayacu, in fulfillment of its historic declaration that it will defend its ancestral territories and its absolute opposition to petroleum related exploitation on its lands, is now informing all authorities (whether they be at the local, provincial, national or international levels) as we
Controversial Oil Projects in the Amazon Spark Shareholder Resolution for Houston-based Burlington Resources Inc. Investors Call on Oil Company to Adopt Policy on Indigenous Peoples Amazon Indigenous Peoples Reaffirm Opposition to Burlington’s Plans t
Resolution Text at End.Boston - Today Boston Common Asset Management filed a shareholder resolution with Houston-based Burlington Resources Inc. calling on the company to adopt a policy on indigenous peoples. Boston Common filed the resolution on behalf of its client, the Brethren Benefit Trust, Inc.
Indigenous Leaders Bring Message to U.S., Gain International Attention
From the Pachamama Office in Ecuador:In early May, leaders from the Achuar, Shuar, and Zápara peoples arrived at the international headquarters of Burlington Resources to manifest their unified opposition to the multi-national oil company’s operations in ancestral indigenous territories.
Indigenous Leaders from Ecuador and Peru Present “Eviction Notice” to Burlington Resources of Houston Call on Oil Company to Leave Amazonian Territories
Houston – At 12:00 noon today seven indigenous leaders, representing 100,000 people living in approximately 4 million acres of pristine rainforest, accompanied by their lawyer and various supporters, appeared at the headquarters of the oil company Burlington Resources to deliver an “Eviction Notice” calling on the compa
Letter from Shuar and Achuar peoples to the CEO of Burlington Resources
FIPSE FICSH FINAE Pueblos Indigenas de Ecuador c/o Centro de Derechos Economicos y Sociales P.O.
Burlington Response to NGO Letter
See letter (pdf 89k)
Burlington Response to Cristobal Bonifaz
See letter (pdf 268k)
Letter from Attorney Cristobal Bonifaz to Burlington Resources
See Letter (pdf 6k)
NGO Letter of Concern to Burlington Resources
See Letter (pdf 256k)
Makuma - Morona Santiago Ministerial Agreement N° 2881 - of December 27, 1996
The Inter-Federation coordinating body announces to the national and international public the tragic loss of our friends and colleagues Joaquin Najamdey, President of FIPSE, Rodrigo Wampankit, Parliamentarian of FIPSE and Samuel Wampankit Head of Territorial Affairs of FIPSE.
