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Amazon Watch - Amazon Watch monitors major infrastructure projects in the Amazon basin that pose a threat the local peoples and the environment, including several petroleum projects.
Amazon Watch: Camisea Gas Field Mega Project - Financial information, environmental and social impacts, maps of the Camisea Gas Field project in Peru.
Bolivian Gas Pipeline Construction - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
Center for Economic and Social Rights - CESR's Latin America arm has a special focus on educating local communities about their rights in regards to oil projects.
Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: Putting People at Risk - Report from Environmental Defense on the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, set to cross large areas of intact rainforest.
Colombia Oil Exports - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
Declaration of the Quichua and Shuar Nations Before the Government and ARCO
Ecuador Oil Exports - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
Iko (Nigeria) Oil Spill - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
Nigeria Petroleum Pollution in Ogoni Region - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
Nigeria: Oil And Gas Industry - An overview of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
Oil Companies in Ecuador - Information and images related to oil exploration/extraction and its relation to the indigenous people in Ecuador. Topics include geography, ethnography, environmental conditions, politics, economics, and oil companies operating in Ecuador. Includes bibliography and links.
Petroleum Mining and the U'wa Indian Community - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
U.S. Fuels the Fires in Colombia - Briefing on the U.S. military involvement in Colombia and the oil industry.
URHOBO WAADO'S Pages on Environmental Problems of Nigeria's Niger Delta - Analysis of the destruction of the Niger Delta from oil and gas exploitation.