Half a dozen indigenous organizations from the region of the Peruvian Amazon that suffers most from oil pollution have reached agreement with the government on issues including inspection of aging infrastructure, remediation of contaminated areas and compensation for communities. The accords, completed on Dec. 15, include a government pledge not to prosecute members of the organizations for blocking the Marañón River, a major Amazon tributary and thoroughfare, during a protest that began Sept. 1 and lasted over 100 days. “The government is beginning to understand they can’t design projects and assistance for [indigenous Amazonian] communities by themselves,” Daniel Saboya, president of Fepiaurc, a federation of mainly Achuar and Urarina communities located in one of Peru’s oldest Amazonian oil fields, told EcoAméricas this month. “They have... [Log in to read more]