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Peruvian ministers resign over Amazon gas project
2013-08-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Survival International: At least three ministers have resigned in Peru, amidst increasing pressure to approve a controversial gas project in the Amazon. The plan to expand the existing Camisea gas project, which is within the Nahua-Nanti Reserve for uncontacted tribes, has been widely condemned, and in March the UN called for its 'immediate suspension`. Peru`s Ministry of Culture, charged with protecting indigenous peoples` rights, last week issued a report outlining the dangers the project would pose to uncontacted...
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