Big Oil Pulls Out of Amazonian Land Inhabited by Uncontacted Tribes

Source: Waking Times

In recent years, aid organizations and companies working to extract resources from the vast wilds of
the Amazon rainforest have reported a number of sightings of uncontacted tribes, the last remaining holdouts of a simpler time. While fascinating to see human beings still living in such a natural state, many of these tribes simply do not wish to assimilate into Western culture, and activists are working to preserve many areas of the rainforest, preventing their lands from being turned over to oil and gas exploration.

While success stories are few and far between, a recent announcement by a Canadian energy company is positive news, as they have agreed to withdraw initiatives to drill for oil in a region of Peru inhabited by uncontacted members of the Matsés tribe. The effort to convince Pacific Rubiales E&P to withdraw from Block 135 was led by Survival International, a “global movement for tribal peoples’ rights.”

This particular area of rainforest in Peru is home to more uncontacted tribes than anywhere else on earth, yet Block 135 had been sold to Pacific E&P by the Peruvian government for the exploration of oil and natural gas.

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