David Hill reports on the legal move to protect isolated indigenous peoples at risk of ‘extermination’ by the country’s biggest ever hydrocarbons project.
Indigenous organizations say they will take legal action to halt the expansion of the Camisea gas project in the Peruvian Amazon.
They are seeking to prevent deeper penetration into the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti Reserve, which was established for indigenous peoples who have no regular contact with outsiders and live in ‘voluntary isolation’, as defined under Peruvian law.
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