In some of the worst violence seen in Peru in 20 years, the Indians warned Latin America what could happen if companies are given free access to the Amazonian forests to exploit an estimated 6bn barrels of oil and take as much timber they like. After months of peaceful protests, the police were ordered to use force to remove a road bock near Bagua Grande.. . .
"An aggressive drive is taking place to extract the last remaining resources from indigenous territories," says Victoria Tauli-Corpus, an indigenous Filipino and chair of the UN permanent forum on indigenous issues. "There is a crisis of human rights. There are more and more arrests, killings and abuses.
"This is happening in Russia, Canada, the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nigeria, the Amazon, all over Latin America, Papua New Guinea and Africa. It is global. We are seeing a human rights emergency.
A battle is taking place for natural resources everywhere. Much of the world's natural capital " oil, gas, timber, minerals" lies on or beneath landsnds occupied by indigenous people," . . . Read more from Oil Depletion Analysis Centre Newsletter
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A battle is taking place for natural resources everywhere. Much of the world's natural capital " oil, gas, timber, minerals" lies on or beneath landsnds occupied by indigenous people," . . . Read more from Oil Depletion Analysis Centre Newsletter
Fro history and more area maps at: DailyKOS