“If another company comes here, our rivers and land will be destroyed!”In April 2003, the Nahua people of Santa Rosa de Serjali within the Nahua Kugapakori State Reserve took the extraordinary step of issuing a public declaration via the advocacy group Shinai Serjali spelling out their complete opposition to all oi
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Peruvian Indigenous Organizations Call for Camisea Project To Withdraw from State Reserve for Indigenous Peoples Who Reject Contact with Outside World Inter-American Development Bank Official Responds, “What You Want Will Not Happen!”
In a statement to Peruvian authorities, international banks and the international community dated March 2003, Peru’s national indigenous organization AIDESEP joined with COMARU, the Machiguenga Council for the Urubamba River, to condemn the impacts of the Camisea Gas Project on thousands of indigenous families living in its
Inter-American Development Bank President Iglesias Admits Serious Flaws in Camisea Gas Project: Still, No Commitment to Loan
In a meeting with international NGOs at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annual meetings in Milan, Italy, President Enrique Iglesias and Senior IDB officials admitted that the Camisea gas project in Peru is problematic and controversial, as it is having negative impacts on the environment and on indigenous peoples.
El Gas de Camisea y los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonia Peruana Problemática y Propuestas
PresentaciónLa Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana, AIDESEP y el Consejo Machiguenga del río Urubamba, COMARU, organizaciones representativas de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía peruana a nivel nacional y local, respectivamente, presentamos el documento “El gas de Camisea y los Pueblos I
U.S. Public Banks Back in the Spotlight Over Financing for Camisea Gas Project in Peru’s Amazon Heartland Hunt Oil –Ally to President Bush –Faces Renewed Controversy As Disease Rocks Camisea Maps, Photos, Video Footage, Related Reports Available
Washington, DC – Today US NGOs issued a comprehensive statement to the Inter-American Development Bank, urging the rejection of financing for the controversial Camisea Gas Project in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Record of Forced Contact By Camisea Project Companies in Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve
Below is a record of cases of forced contact with peoples living in voluntary isolation within the Nahua-Kugapakori State Reserve by Pluspetrol - operator and sponsor for the upstream (gas extraction) part of the Camisea Gas Project – and Veritas Energy Services, a Canadian company contracted by Pluspetrol to conduct seismi
Hunt Oil Invades Territories of Uncontacted Peoples in the Remote Peruvian Amazon
Hunt Oil, a Texas-based private oil company with close ties to the Bush family, is operating in the territories of uncontacted indigenous peoples in one of the remotest regions of the Peruvian Amazon. The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines has given Hunt Oil, a major donor to the George W.
Co Working on Peru's Camisea Gas Confident of IDB Loan
Dow Jones | Lima, Peru - The company developing a pipeline to transport natural gas from the Camisea project in Peru said Tuesday it is confident that the Inter-American Development Bank will approve a loan despite criticism from environmental groups.A mission from the IDB and the Andean Community's development agency, or CAF, is
Ministry Invites NGOs to Camisea Site in Peru
BNAmericas | Peru's ministry of mines and energy has invited international NGOs to come to Peru and see the environmental monitoring of the Camisea natural gas project at first hand, the ministry said in a statement.Peru's government and the Camisea consortium, led by Argentina's Pluspetrol, are currently lobbying the Inter-America
The Position of US Environmental Organizations in Respect to The Camisea Gas Project in the Peruvian Amazon Public Funds Should Not Fund Amazon Rainforest Destruction
The United States government will soon consider whether or not to finance a natural gas project along the Camisea river in Peru that will cause irreparable damage to pristine forests and rivers and expose indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation to unwanted contact.The U.S.
Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed
The Washington Post | Two Texas energy companies, both closely tied to the Bush White House, are lining up administration support for nearly $900 million in public financing for a Peruvian natural gas project that will cut through one of the world's most pristine tropical rain forests.A top priority of Peruvian officials, who view it as key
NGO Statement on the Camisea Project, Peru
TO: Inter-American Development Bank Executive DirectorsExport-Import Bank Board of DirectorsFROM: Amazon Watch, Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Institute for Policy Studies, Rainforest Action NetworkDATE: November 1, 2002RE: NGO Statement on the Camisea Project,
Company Barges Drown Machiguenga Girl Pluspetrol and Hunt Oil Negligence Results in Tragedy
Barges belonging to the Argentinean energy company Pluspetrol operating on Peru’s Urubamba River caused the death of a Machiguenga girl in the community of Kirigueti on August 24, 2002.
Findings of the International NGO Delegation on the Camisea Gas Project
Download report in pdf format (52 k)This report stems from a field mission from August 8 – 13, 2002 to the Lower Urubamba region to investigate the social and environmental impacts of the Camisea Gas Project by a del
Informe de la Delegación Internacional de ONGs sobre el Proyecto de Gas
Download report in pdf format (52 k)Este informe procede de una misión de campo a la región de Bajo Urubamba desde el 8 hasta el 13 de agosto de 2002 para investigar los impactos sociales y ambientales del Proyecto
EVALUATION: The Inter-American Development Bank’s Public Consultation on the Camisea Gas Project, Camisea
Institute for Policy Studies and Amazon Watch were invited by the Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River (COMARU) to be present as independent observers at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Public Consultation on Peru’s Camisea Gas Project held in the community of Camisea on August 12, 2002.
EXIM Bank Urged to Deny Government Loan to Egregious Energy Project in the Amazon Peru's Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples Threatened by Massive Camisea Gas Project
Washington, DC - The Argentinean energy giant, Pluspetrol and its partners arrived in Washington this week to meet with ExIm Bank of the United States to drum up financing for its Camisea gas project and pipelines in Peru.
Pressure is also on the Inter-American Development Bank to deny funding for Camisea
Enrique V. IglesiasPresidentInter-American Development BankWashington, D.C. 20577U.S.A.Dear Enrique V.
Independent Evaluation of Peru's Camisea Gas Project Reveals Violations of World Bank Environmental Standards
Download Report: English Version (pdf)(400kb) Versión en Español (pdf)(398 kb) The following repor
Transcript of Audio Recording of Unanounced Meeting between Pluspetrol and a Nahua Community Living in Voluntary Isolation
SHINAI SERJALI, LIMAJosé Luis Carbajal (Community relations coordinator for Pluspetrol)Today, I have come accompanied by Pluspetrol’s medic, our pilot Pedro and our cameraman, Alberto.
An Independent Environmental and Social Assessment of the Camisea Gas Project - By: Patricia B. Caffrey
Commissioned by Peruvian indigenous organizations:The Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River (COMARU) and the Inter-Ethnic Association of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP)ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:Many individuals and their organizations with a broad array of experiences and knowledge have contributed to and e
Estudio Ambiental y Social Independiente de Proyecto de Gas Camisea
Por: Patricia B. CaffreyPor encargo de las organizaciones indígenas del Perú: Consejo Machiguenga del Rio Urubamba (COMARU) y la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)CONTENIDO 2RECONOCIMIENTOS 3I. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO 4II.
