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
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
Asunción, Paraguay – On May 11, 2005 Dr. José María Borja, Ecuador’s Attorney General, announced before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) his proposal to maintain the human rights protection measures in favor of the Sarayaku indigenous people.
Company’s Questionable Agreements with Indigenous Leaders and Overthrown Ecuadorian Regime Leave Burlington’s Oil Project in Jeopardy(Houston)—On the day of Burlington Resources’ Annual Shareholder Meeting, the company’s involvement in two controversial oil blocks on indigenous territories in Ecuador’s sout
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
“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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 –
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.
We look forward to celebrating 30 years of achievements with Indigenous leaders, supporters, and allies. Amplify! will feature a cocktail reception, delicious vegetable-forward dinner, inspiring program with special guests from the Amazon, live entertainment, and after party.
