The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) calls on the government of Peru to suspend plans to expand Camisea gas development in Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti Reserve in South East Peru

Click here to read UNCERD's formal communication to the Permanent Mission of Peru (in Spanish only), which calls on the Peruvian government to suspend plans to expand the Camisea gas project in the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti Reserve for peoples in isolation and initial contact. 1 March 2013.

More information on the expansion of the Camisea gas development can be found here: http://www.forestpeoples.org/tags/expansion-peru-s-camisea-gas-project-peruvian-amazon