Over ten years, I have been privileged to play a role in most of the organization's major campaign initiatives. While the moments of exhilaration, frustration, learning, anger, and beauty could fill a book, I want to share ten snapshots of key experiences that represent what serving with Amazon Watch has meant to me.
"I've seen a publicity campaign saying that Pluspetrol is working hand-in-hand with the communities, that they protect the environment, our health, our children. It makes me ashamed for them to see this advertising they aren't living up to. They don't care. What's more, they won't admit all the bad things they have done. The people who don't live...
As Peru continues to expand oil activities in the Amazon, there's a new oil company with grand ambitions, Calgary-based Gran Tierra. Does Gran Tierra not understand the risks they are running? If so, they are in for a rude shock.
From the Amazon to the Andes, communities are protesting the devastation left by mining and oil projects. Successive governments have readily resorted to repressive measures.
It's been a huge year here at Amazon Watch. As we look towards 2013 we know that we can only do so thanks to the strong foundation you provide. Your activism, your partnership, all those petitions and all your financial support.
ConocoPhillips announced today that they are pulling out of Oil Bocks 123 and 129 in the Peruvian Amazon. The announcement comes just weeks after Talisman Energy announced their withdrawal from the country.
Three years ago yesterday, Peruvian police opened fire on a group of protesters near the town of Bagua in northern Peru. The violent clashes that ensued left 34 dead and over 200 injured in the worst violence in recent history.
Alianza Arkana Blog | Leading the pack was a small boy with a handwritten sign, "Don't you drink water from the Nanay? Join the fight." And behind him thousands of people from Iquitos and the region of Loreto, chanting and marching along the main streets of Iquitos.
Alianza Arkana Blog | From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous and mestizo groups across Peru plan to mobilize on May 31 to resist industrial development projects that they say would destroy vital natural water sources and threaten community survival.
San Francisco, CA – Grassroots opposition is mounting as ConocoPhillips' plans to drill for oil within the fresh-water source for Peru's largest rainforest city.
This is the second edition of our Investor's Eye on the Amazon quarterly email newsletter, featuring a new report entitled "An Analysis of the Operational Risks to Chevron Corporation from Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco."
Houston, Texas – ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva announced today that the company has withdrawn from its controversial co-venture with Repsol-YPF in Oil Block 39 of the remote northern Peruvian Amazon.
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.
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
B-ROLL, PHOTOS, AND INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE BY ARRANGEMENT.Houston — Indigenous leaders gave a mixed reception to news that ConocoPhillips may be rethinking its controversial plans to drill on their ancestral territories in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.Accompanied by the human rights and environmental group
PRESS BRIEFING AND PHOTO OP. OUTSIDE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON MAY 9 AT THE OMNI HOUSTON HOTEL.
BBC | Ecuador - An indigenous tribe from one of the most remote parts of the Amazon rainforest is taking over a unique eco-tourism project as a way to protect their ancestral lands from oil extraction.The project in south-eastern Ecuador is being seen as a blueprint for other indigenous communities facing similar challenges
San Francisco, CA - ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva is in the spotlight today in San Francisco over his company’s vast oil concessions on the ancestral territories of indigenous rainforest communities in the Amazon basin.
Mr.James MulvaPresidentCONOCO-PHILLIPSDear Mr.
El Comercio | Dirigentes indígenas de la Amazonia protestaron en contra de las actividades petroleras en Houston (EE.UU.).Una delegación indígena presidida por el shuar Domingo Ankuash acudió hasta el edificio en donde se realizaba la asamblea de accionistas de Conoco Phillips.La decisión de efectuar esta protesta fue
Mr. J.J. MulvaChief Executive OfficerConocoPhillips600 North Dairy Ashford Houston, TX 77252-2197Dear J.J. Mulva:Amazon Watch is pleased about ConocoPhillips’ commitment to health, safety and the environment (HSE).
Houston - ConocoPhillips' impending decision regarding its concessions in the Amazon rainforest will reveal the truth about the oil major's stated commitments to safeguard the environment and human rights.During its March takeover of Burlington Resources, ConocoPhillips acquired three concessions on the ancestral lands
Photo Opportunity with Strong Visuals at Annual General Meeting.Video footage from the Amazon available on request.Houston, May 9 – ConocoPhillips’ human rights and environmental policies will be in the spotlight at its 2006 annual general meeting tomorrow as native Amazonian leaders warn the Houston-ba
Issued by: Inter-Provincial Federation of the Shuar People of Ecuador, FICSHIndependent Federation of the Shuar People of Ecuador, FIPSENacional Achuar Federation of Ecuador, NAEOrganization of the Original Kichwa People from Sarayaku, TAYJA SARUTA-SARAYAKU, RUKULLACTA CooperativePuyo, Ecuador
The Shuar, Achuar, and Kichwa have denounced plans for oil extraction in Blocks 23 and 24 since the Ecuadorian government first awarded the concessions. Instead, they are calling for a plan to permanently protect the vast roadless rainforest region and promote sustainable development.
On December 13, 2005, ConocoPhillips, the third largest U.S. oil and gas company agreed to acquire Burlington Resources in a $35.6 billion deal.
James J. MulvaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerConocoPhillips600 North Dairy Ashford (77079-1175)P.O. Box 2197Houston, TX 77252-2197Fax: 281.293.5555Dear Mr.
San Francisco - ConocoPhillips' agreement yesterday to acquire Houston-based Burlington Resources comes with serious environmental, political, and financial liabilities, Amazon Watch said today in a letter sent to James Mulva, the CEO of ConocoPhillips.The letter and an accompanying dossier described Burlington's invol
More than a decade after Avatar brought global attention to the destruction of Indigenous lands, Amazon Watch has released a new short video narrated by Oona Chaplin and featuring director James Cameron, legendary Chief Raoni Metuktire, and Goldman Prize winner Alessandra Korap Munduruku.
