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Ecuadorian tribe gets reprieve from oil intrusion
2013-01-17 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon has won a reprieve after building up an arsenal of spears, blowpipes, machetes and guns to fend off an expected intrusion by the army and a state-run oil company. The residents of Sani Isla expressed relief that a confrontation with Petroamazonas did not take place on Monday as anticipated, but said the firm is still trying to secure exploration rights in their area of pristine rainforest. "We have won a victory in our community. We're united,"...
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Stillaguamish Tribe invests in MicroGREEN
2013-01-17 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians has made an investment of $5m in the US-based company MicroGREEN.
Ecuadorian tribe will 'die fighting' to defend rainforest
2013-01-13 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history of Amazon forest conservation, an indigenous community of about 400 villagers is preparing to resist the Ecuadorean army and one of the biggest oil companies in South America. The Kichwa tribe on Sani Isla, who were using blowpipes two generations ago, said they are ready to fight to the death to protect their territory, which covers 70,000 hectares of pristine rainforest. Petroamazonas the state-backed oil company...
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