Topic: Shipibo

Petroleum Extraction and Contamination Crisis in Peru and Ecuador

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Indigenous communities under increasing threat in Peru and Ecuador Resource extraction, mainly from petroleum, is exerting a heavy toll on the indigenous inhabitants and environment in the headwaters of the Amazon basin. Peru Officially Declares State of Environmental Emergency In a northern and remote area of Peru’s Amazon region an official state of emergency has […] Continue reading »