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07/02/2009 • Six confirmed dead in Peru's boat collision (People's Daily) Six people have been confirmed dead in a boat crash in the Amazon rainforest in central-eastern Peru, a navy spokesman said Wednesday. The number of fatalities could rise as passenger registries were being checked, the spokesman said. He did not give a number for the injured, who had been taken to local hospitals. Earlier, authorities said there could be as many as 20 deaths in the accident. Two ... Read article

06/29/2009 • Amazon Defense Coalition: Four Senators Urge USTR to Ignore Chevron Petition on Ecuador Legal Case (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WASHINGTON----Four U.S. Senators are urging the United States Trade Representative to reject efforts by Chevron to threaten the cancellation of trade benefits for Ecuador because the oil giant faces a $27.3 billion liability in the South American nation for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste into the Amazon rainforest. Read article

06/29/2009 • Amazon Defense Coalition: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Chevron Appeal Over $27 Billion Ecuador Environmental Case (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WASHINGTON----The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear an appeal by Chevron of a decision by a U.S. federal trial judge that denied the oil giant's attempt to shift a $27.3 billion liability for environmental contamination in the Amazon rainforest to Ecuador's state-owned oil company. Read article

07/02/2009 • 'Business as Usual' Days after Peru Crisis (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (OneWorld.net) - The Peruvian government has given a company permission to drill for oil in Amazon territories populated by two uncontacted tribes, just 13 days after dozens of people were killed during protests against the exploitation of indigenous lands. Read article

06/29/2009 • Amazon Conservation Policy Working In Brazil, Study Finds (Science Daily) Contrary to common belief, Brazil's policy of protecting portions of the Amazonian forest from development is capable of buffering the Amazon from climate change, according to a new study. Read article

06/30/2009 • Peru Approves Massive Oil Project (Scoop.co.nz) Peru's government has given the green light to an Anglo-French company to drill for oil in the Amazon, just thirteen days after more than 30 people died in protests against the exploitation of the rainforest. Read article

06/29/2009 • Brazil beef industry yields to Amazon criticism (TVNZ) In a victory for conservationists, Brazil's huge cattle industry is bending to demands to curb destruction of the Amazon forest after heavy criticism of its leading role in deforestation Read article

06/30/2009 • At least 20 die in eastern Peru as passenger boats crash (People's Daily) At least 20 people died, including several children, in eastern Peru department Ucayali when two passenger boats crashed on the Ucayali River at around 5:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, regional authorities told local media. The accident took place close to San Jose de Pacache, a small town in Peru's Amazon rainforest, when the two boats were carrying over 100 passengers, the port captain in ... Read article

07/02/2009 • Ecuador wants rich nations to pay to preserve UNESCO biosphere reserve (Deutsche Welle) Ecuador has vowed not to drill for oil in the Amazon if rich nations will compensate it. Known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, Ecuador’s foreign minister is feeling optimistic about its future after a trip to Berlin. Read article

07/03/2009 • Rumble in the jungle (u.tv) Could Peru's uncontacted Amazonian tribes be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don't exist ... Rory Carroll investigates Read article

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