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  1. Peru's Loreto Region Plans $1.5 Billion Infrastructure Investment

    13 May 2013- 08:25 by Local Press Report LIMA Andina The sanitary and road infrastructure currently underway and projected in north-eastern Peru’s Loreto region will require an investment of over $1.5 billion USD said Loreto regional president, Ivan ...

    Local Press Report - 05/31/2013 - 19:15

  2. Pluspetrol Denies Responsibility for Peru’s Amazon Pollution

    3 Apr 2013- 08:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PERU, LIMA Argentine oil company Pluspetrol Norte SA on April 1 denied accusations by the Peruvian government that its operations in the country’s northern Amazon region were causing serious environmental ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/29/2013 - 20:44

  3. Peru Declares State of Emergency Over Amazon Oil Pollution

    26 Mar 2013- 08:19 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PERU, LIMA Peru’s government on March 25 declared a 90-day environmental state of emergency in the Amazon region of Loreto due to oil pollution that was not properly cleaned up by Argentine-owned Pluspetrol. ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/29/2013 - 20:44

  4. Peruvian Indigenous Group Files Pollution Complaint Against Argentina's Pluspetrol

    20 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PERU, LIMA Indigenous organizations in Loreto, in Peru’s Amazon region, have filed a legal complaint against Argentine oil company Pluspetrol for pollution in the country’s largest nature reserve. The ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/29/2013 - 20:44

  5. Peruvians Seize Maple Energy Wells

    12 Sep 2012- 08:27 by Local Press Report LIMA Reuters An indigenous group in Peru's Amazon has taken over and stopped production at nine oil wells that belong to Maple Energy, a tribal leader and the company said on Tuesday.  Maple Energy, a small ...

    Local Press Report - 09/12/2012 - 10:07

  6. Amazon River, Rainforest Becomes New Seven Wonders of the World

    14 Aug 2012- 08:17 by Local Press Report LIMA andina The Amazon River & Rainforest will be officially inaugurated as one of the new seven wonders of nature in a festive ceremony to be broadcast live on giant screens around the Amazon region of Loreto ...

    Local Press Report - 08/14/2012 - 09:32

  7. Peru Says It Is Committed to Working With Amazonian Indigenous Communities

    3 Jul 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PERU, LIMA Representatives of the Peruvian government met last week with members of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon to address their environmental concerns. The government announced that it would ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 07/03/2012 - 09:07

  8. Amazon at Lowest Level in 40 Years

    14 Sep 2010- 22:07 by Local Press Report PERU, LIMA The Independent (United Kingdom) The Amazon River is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, according to officials in Loreto province. Last week, the river's ...

    Local Press Report - 05/29/2013 - 20:44

  9. Drinking Water Contaminated After Oil Spill in Peruvian Amazon

    30 Jun 2010- 16:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PERU, LIMA APluspetrol barge carrying several thousand barrels of oil had an accident on June 19, spilling some 400-500 barrels into the Maranon River in the Peruvian Amazon region of Loreto. Some 28 ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/13/2011 - 14:00