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Occupy Amazonia? Indigenous activists are taking direct action – and it's working - The Conversation UK

Occupy Amazonia? Indigenous activists are taking direct action – and it's working - The Conversation UK | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Native groups in a remote corner of Peru just took over 14 oil wells for a month.
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Chainsaws Drive the Most Vulnerable Tribe on Earth From the Amazon - RYOT News

Chainsaws Drive the Most Vulnerable Tribe on Earth From the Amazon - RYOT News | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Three members of an isolated Amazonian tribe recently emerged from the jungle.
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'It's war!' Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to fight Amazon oil exploration

'It's war!' Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to fight Amazon oil exploration | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
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A model forest? A Regional Peruvian Park Balances Local Needs and Conservation

A model forest? A Regional Peruvian Park Balances Local Needs and Conservation | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Regional conservation area safeguards subsistence and spirituality in the Peruvian Amazon. For Alfredo Rojas, the history of the remote villages along the Ampiyacu River is one of enslavement.
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Murder in the Rainforest

Murder in the Rainforest | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
At the U.N.'s latest climate talks, indigenous tribes showed again that they're frontline allies in the climate fight. So why aren't we protecting the
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This just in from Rolling Stone - a special segment on the front lines of the climate change fight in the Amazon...unfortunately, not happy news...

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Indigenous protesters occupy Peru's biggest Amazon oilfield

Indigenous protesters occupy Peru's biggest Amazon oilfield | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Carlos Sandi of the Shuar tribe calls on Peruvian government to clean up site contaminated by crude Indigenous protesters have occupied Peru's biggest oilfield in the Amazon rainforest near Ecuador to demand the cleanup of decades of contamination...
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