Protestas amazonian de la tribu
Amazonian tribe protests at oil pollution- indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon are stepping up their campaign against oil companies as the rights of indigenous populations are not taken seriously.Peru's Amazon state, Loreto, takes up almost a third of the entire 
country. A vast expanse of rainforest divided by tributaries of the Amazon river, even its main city Iquitos is only accessible by boat or plane. The Achuar people, who have lived in harmony with their environment in this part of western Amazon for thousands of years, say their way of life has been systematically violated.
The Federation of Native Communities of the Corrientes' river (FECONACO) says that for every barrel of oil there are nine barrels of contaminated water produced as a by-product: a total of more than a million barrels a day. The water contains high concentrations of hydrocarbons and heavy metals, like lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. The Achuar people say it is destroying the fragile eco-system in which they live, killing the fish and wildlife, contaminating their water source and seriously damaging their health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5337802.stm
http://www.amazonalliance.org/
country. A vast expanse of rainforest divided by tributaries of the Amazon river, even its main city Iquitos is only accessible by boat or plane. The Achuar people, who have lived in harmony with their environment in this part of western Amazon for thousands of years, say their way of life has been systematically violated. The Federation of Native Communities of the Corrientes' river (FECONACO) says that for every barrel of oil there are nine barrels of contaminated water produced as a by-product: a total of more than a million barrels a day. The water contains high concentrations of hydrocarbons and heavy metals, like lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. The Achuar people say it is destroying the fragile eco-system in which they live, killing the fish and wildlife, contaminating their water source and seriously damaging their health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5337802.stm
http://www.amazonalliance.org/
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