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News articles citing the Western Amazon study

The Guardian - 4 July 2009
Rumble in the jungle

The Santiago Times - June 18, 2009
The Pillage of a Continent (article starts on page 5 of PDF)

Reuters - June 9, 2009
Peru Amazon conflict exposes rift over economic policy

Associated Press - June 7, 2009
9 more police killed in Amazon protests in Peru

Mongabay - June 6, 2009
Oil or Death in the Amazon

New York Times - June 5, 2009
Fatal Clashes Erupt in Peru at Roadblock

Associated Press - June 5, 2009
Up to 34 reported killed in Amazon land protest

BBC - May 17, 2009
Peru army call for Amazon protest

Associated Press - May 15, 2009
Amazon Indians declare `insurgency' against Peru

Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Germany - December 1 2008
Drohung mit dem Bohrturm

Threat with a drilling platform

Time Magazine - U.S. - August 18, 2008
Drilling for Oil Way, Way Offshore By BRYAN WALSH
Anyone who ever doubted the centrality of oil and natural gas to the global economy should have been convinced by the political events of the past few months.
INCLUDES AUDIO PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH WESTERN AMAZON PAPER LEAD AUTHOR DR. MATT FINER

The Economist - U.K. - August 28, 2008
Tread softly

Oil and gas extraction does not have to hurt the rainforest, or its people

La República - Peru - August 16, 2008
El 72% de la Amazonía peruana está cubierta de concesiones de petróleo y gas. Estudio revela que más de 180 lotes abarcan territorios de la selva de Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia y Brasil.

New Scientist - U.K. - August 13, 2008
Virgin Rainforest Targeted for Oil Drilling

Guardian - U.K. - August 13, 2008
Amazon rainforest threatened by new wave of oil and gas exploration

El Diario - Ecuador - August 12, 2008
Proyectos petroleros son peligro para biodiversidad

Folha de São Paulo - Brazil - August 13, 2008
Petróleo ameaça animais na Amazônia ocidental

O Estado de São Paulo - Brazil - August 13, 2008
Exploração de petróleo ameaça espécies

Globo - Brazil - August 13, 2008
Prospecção de petróleo ameaça biodiversidade do Amazonas, diz estudo

O Povo - Brazil - August 13, 2008
Petróleo ameaça fauna da Amazônia Ocidental

24 Horas News - Brazil - August 13, 2008
Prospecção de petróleo ameaça biodiversidade da Amazônia, diz estudo

Lenta Ru - Russia - August 13, 2008
Амазонские джунгли отдадут нефтедобывающим компаниям

La Opinión - Spain - August 13, 2008
Los proyectos petroleros son un peligro para la biodiversidad y los indígenas del Amazonas

Mondial Nieuws - Belgium - August 13, 2008
Nieuwe golf ontginningen van olie en gas bedreigt Amazonewoud

Sueddeutsche - Germany - August 13, 2008
Öl- und Gasförderung bedroht Amazonas-Regenwald

Pressetext - Austria - August 16, 2008
Öl- und Erdgassuche in bisher unberührtem Regenwald
35 Öl-Firmen streiten sich um Verträge im Westen des Amazonas

Le Monde - France - August 13, 2008
L'Amazonie à la merci de projets gaziers et pétroliers

International Herald Tribune - August 13, 2008
Scientists say oil exploration threatens Amazon

Mail and Guardian - South Africa - August 13, 2008
Amazon threatened by new oil and gas exploration

International Business Times - Korea - August 14, 2008
석유 ·천연가스 개발사업, 아마존 생태계 위협

Daily Kos- U.S. - August 13, 2008
Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity, Oil in the Western Amazon

Environmental News Network - U.S - August 13, 2008
Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples

E! Science News - August 13, 2008
Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples

Mongabay - August 12, 2008
Oil development may destroy richest part of the Amazon rainforest

El Comercio - Ecuador - August 2008
La Amazonia amenazada por las explotaciones petroleras

Tierramérica - August 25, 2008
Amazon Increasingly Oily

Inter Press Service - August 25 2008
Amazonia cada día más petrolera


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