The Guardian: Peru's indigenous people take battle over gas exploration to court
Source: The Guardian
Campaigning groups say further expansion into Amazon territory could lead to 'extermination' of isolated tribes.
Peru's biggest indigenous federation, the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Aidesep), intends to use the courts to halt the planned $70m (£43m) expansion of the country's largest natural gas reserve further into territory set aside for isolated Amazon tribes.Read the full article on The Guardian
Overview
- Resource Type:
- News
- Publication date:
- 4 January 2013
- Region:
- Peru
- Programmes:
- Supply Chains and Trade Access to Justice
- Partners:
- Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)
- Translations:
- Spanish: The Guardian: Los pueblos indígenas de Perú recurren a los tribunales contra la exploración de gas