The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) destroyed at least two Chevron pipelines in Nigeria's Delta state. The Nigerian army's Joint Task Force responded to the bombings by launching counter attacks affecting thousands of community members. "I have seen over 5000 people displaced, over 2000 people looking for where to hide and 1000 people dead," said Dr. Chris Ekiyor, the leader of the Ijaw Youth Council.

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June 9, 2009

Saro Wiwa: Victory of Ogoni, an indictment of Shell, says ERA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described the outcome of the landmark suit instituted by Ken Saro Wiwa Jnr and other Ogonis accusing Shell of complicity in the execution of author and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa  and other Ogoni leaders in 1995, among other human rights abuses, as a significant milestone in the search for justice in the bloody oil fields of the Niger Delta.

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A bloody World Environment Day in the Peruvian Amazon Indigenous organizations call for support from the international community

On April 9, local communities began what they call an "indefinite strike" hroughout the Peruvian Amazon region to protest the Peruvian Congress' failure to review six government decrees that endanger the rights of indigenous peoples. These decrees were issued by the Presidency in the framework of the implementation of the Free Trade
Agreement signed with the United States, and pave the way to opening up the Amazon region to socially and environmentally destructive industries such as mining and oil exploitation.

Yesterday we were notified of the decision of the Ministry of Health to provisionally suspend the execution of the Ministerial Agreement that determined the cancelation of our legal status. 

By Patrick Fitzgerald

President Oscar Arias this week has affirmed his commitment against oil exploration in Costa Rica.

Speaking in front of the Legislative Assembly Monday afternoon to promote a bill regarding rural aqueducts, the president took the opportunity to quell speculation that Costa Rica would open its land and sea up for oil exploration.

Dear friends,
 
We need your support! In a clear act of censorship, the Ecuadorian government has closed down the NGO Accion Ecológica. We believe that the only reason for taking this decision is Acción Ecológica’s position against mining which is apparently supported by the government.
 
We request you to send a letter to President Correa (see sample letter below) to the following addresses, Or use the (spanish) form on the website of Acción Ecológica to send the letter automatically .

For your information, here is the statement of the ASEAN Peoples Forum which includes some mention of climate issues under the Economic Cluster.

Press Release 

February 14, 2009

Protests in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Asia

Hundreds of Arakanese from Union of Burma will hold protests in front of the Chinese embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Dhaka, and New Delhi on February 19, 2009 at 1.00 PM to urge the Chinese government to stop a proposed gas pipeline from Arakan State to Yunnan Province.