peru amazon rainforest map

Aerial photo of an Amazon rainforest tributary in Peru. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The common view of the Amazon is that it is one massive, unbroken forest. This impression is given by maps which tend to mark the Amazon by a large glob of...


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Indigenous peoples are opposed to oil drilling in Lot 129 of Peru's Amazon.... The U.S. oil giant, ConocoPhillips, and its collaborators have plans to develop yet another toxic oil project, known as Lot 129, in one of the most remote and pristine places of the Amazon Rainforest and, therefore, in the world. Lot129-PeruMap1 Map location of Lot 129. Source: Alianza Arkana. Conoco Phillips External link and its Canadian consortium partners Gran Tierra (20%) and...
Peru: Dodging Disaster In Lot 129 - Indigenous People And ...

Eventually a treaty was negotiated in 1998, ceding a large portion of the Ecuadorian rainforest (rich in oil resources and with access to the Amazon River) to Peru. That portion of the rainforest had effectively been under Peruvian control since WWII, but the language of the territorial definition was vague, so Ecuador had continued to show the land on maps as belonging to them. If you can look up an Ecuadorian map from twenty years ago, you'll see that Ecuador looks...
peru amazon rainforest map