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Sources Select ResourcesAmazon defenders face death or exilePhillips, Tom Article 2012 The Guardian Ordinary Brazilians who report illegal logging face threats to their lives. The Amazon tribe protecting the forest with bows, arrows, GPS and camera traps Watts, Jonathan Article 2015 The Guardian With authorities ineffective, the 2,200-strong Ka'apor, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, are taking on the illegal loggers with technology and direct action. Now the Ka'apor are seeking support thr... Connexions Library: South America FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on South America. Dirty Water, Dirtier PracticesEcuador's Battle with Texaco's Legacy Pollution Ospina, Hernando Calvo Article 2014 Le Monde Diplomatique Texaco (now owned by Chevron) left polluted soil and ground water after 20 years of oil extraction in the Amazon in Ecuador. The legal claims and counter-claims over responsibility and reparation cont... Illegal loggers remain hidden in Peru's forest but timber finds global buyers Collyns, Dan Article 2014 The Guardian State exercises little control over remote Amazon region blighted by poverty and illiteracy, and organised crime fills the vacuum. Legal Ruling Will Allow Rain Forest Indigenous Peoples to Pursue Chevron in CanadaEscobar, Santiago Article 2014 BASICS Ontario Court of Appeal says communities of Ecuador affected by Chevron can enforce Ecuadorian rulings in Canada. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2015Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions This issue features a number of items related to sustainability, ecology, and agriculture, including Vandana Shiva's article "Small is the New Big," the Council of Canadians' new report on water issue... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2016Forests and trees Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Connexions For countless centuries, forests, and the trees in them, have been seen as sources of life, livelihood, and spiritual meaning. For capitalism, however, forests are sites of extraction and profit-makin... Rumble in the jungleCarroll, Rory Article 2009 Guardian Weekly Could Peru's uncontacted Amazonian tribes be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don't exist. Selling Modernity: How Global Greenwashing is Destroying Tribal PeopleDickens, Amy Article 2015 CounterPunch The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (APECO) in Casiguran, the Philippines, is a 12,923 hectare area currently being developed into a self-sufficient commercial hub and special economic zone.... When oil is more important than lifeOil exploitation leaves trail of pollution and death in the Peruvian Amazon Moiola, Paolo Article 2014 latinamericapress.org The dumping of oil waste into the waters of the Marañón, Corrientes, Pastaza and Tigre rivers and the Amazon forest is producing fatal consequences for the local population, mostly to the Kukama ethni... World's conservation hopes rest on Ecuador's revolutionary Yasuni modelWatts, Jonathan Article 2012 The Guardian A plan to preserve the most biodiverse region on Earth from oil exploitation has put Yasuni national park at the frontline of a global battle between living systems and fossil fuels. But enthusiasm is... |
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