Well, some news from Madidi: PDVSA (The Petroleum Company of Venezuela) is interested in the exploitation of petroleum near the park...The government and the people thinks it's a unique opportunity of wealthness, but it's possible that petroleum should be more important than the ecosystem of Madidi. What actions do you recommend we can do???

Diego, do you have a link to this story?

Here's an article about oil mining in the Peruvian rainforest -- http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-04-07.asp

I also found an interesting paper on colombian oil pipelines:

"The U'was fear that the Oxy oil project may destroy their habitat and living area because of the historical spills that in the past have poisoned their lands. Occidental's Cano Limon waste treatment plant was designed to handle 250,000 barrel of waste per day. It is rumored that the plant was processing over 300,000 barrels per day at its inception. Since it was completed, it is estimated that Occidental's Cano Limon oil pipeline (North of the U'wa region) has spilled approximately 1.7 million barrels of oil into nearby lakes, rivers, soil, and precious biological reserves. Not only is the drilling of oil directly harmful to land, it is destructive to the forests which are cleared for exploration and production of oil U'wa Environmental Concerns."

http://www.american.edu/TED/colspill.htm

another link, haven't read this one though http://www.cwis.org/fwj/51/b_yoder.html

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