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Welcome to the Agroecology Network Calendar!
Some of these events are organized by us, some are organized by members, and some are simply in line with the principles of agroecology.
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Contact us at info@agroecologie.nl
*** Sept 4, 19.30 h Forum building B0404, Campus Wageningen University ***
On September 4, we will have the honour to meet three indigenous leaders from Peru who are resisting Big Oil and have alternative proposals for their future.
OUR VISITORS ARE:
Aurelio Chino Dahua : Quechua leader of the indigenous federation FEDIQUEP (Quechua Indigenous Federation of the Pastaza river), whose 22 communities are located along the Pastaza river in Loreto, Peru.
Robinson Sandi Hualinga: Kichwa leader of the Indigenous federation OPIKAFPE (Organization of the Indigenous Amazonian Kichwa Communities of the Peru-Ecuador Border), whose 5 communities are located along the Tigre river in Loreto, Peru.
Aurelio Piñola Hualinga is the Achuar leader of the indigenous federation FECONACOR (Federation of the Native Communities of the Corrientes River Basin), whose 13 communities are located in the Corrientes river basin in Loreto, Peru.
WHY ARE THEY HERE?
Oil extraction by Pluspetrol has led to large-scale pollution in the territories of the indigenous Achuar, Kichwa, Kukama, and Quechua communities in northern Peru. The oil company discharged huge amounts of toxic wastewater for years and failed to maintain its outdated installations and pipelines, leading to frequent oil spills. As a result, toxic substances such as cadmium, barium, and lead have contaminated the soil, rivers and groundwater. Over a period of fifteen years, the company contaminated nearly two thousand different locations across the Amazon region.
This contamination has had devastating consequences on the local ecosystem, poisoning fish and game stock, degrading drinking water, and threatening biodiversity. It directly undermines the food security and health of the indigenous population, who depend on the land and waterways for their livelihoods. Although Pluspetrol ended its operations in the area in 2015, it has refused to clean up the environmental damage and compensate the affected communities.
Indigenous groups have submitted a complaint against oil company Pluspetrol NL at the OECD (the club of ‘rich’ countries). More information here.
The Dutch OECD contact point will publish its Final Statement on the complaint on September 3.
Three representatives of these groups will share this journey with us through images and words and we will talk about their demands to the Dutch government and what’s next.
Join us on September 4 at 19.30h in Wageningen for this very special event organised by Agroecologie Netwerk NL, Stichting Boerengroep and Oxfam Novib.