Continúan los problemas para Techint en Perú, Junio 11, 2007 (Sitio web El Cronista)
BIC Project Factsheet: Proposed IDB-funded Camisea Natural Gas Project in Peru, updated August 2003 (Acrobat pdf 244 KB)
Declaration by Indigenous Peoples in Defense of Life, Territory and the Environment, COICA, AIDESEP, COPPIP, CONACAMI, COMARU, & ARPI, August 25, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 137 KB) Also available: [Espanol]
Excerpts from URS environmental consulting firm report on Camisea, July 28, 2003. Also available: Español (URS was contracted by both IDB and Ex-Im to assess environmental impacts of the Camisea project. Much of this information is not in IDB documents prepared for their board to consider financing for the Camisea project.)
Position and Recommendations presented by 23 Peruvian civil society organizations to potential financiers of Camisea, July 2, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 241 KB)
Camisea Natural Gas and the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP) and Consejo Machiguenga del Rio Urubamba (COMARU) report, March 2003. (Acrobat pdf 198 KB) Also available: Español
Statement from Cabeceras Aid Project regarding health issues affecting Nanti communities inside the Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve, Cabeceras Aid Project, February 15, 2003. Also available: Español
Record of Forced Contact By Camisea Project Companies in Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve, February 2003. Also available: Español
Position Statement from US Environmental Organizations with respect to the Camisea Project, November 20, 2002
Memorandum from U.S. NGOs on Camisea Project violations of World Bank Safeguard Policies, October 17, 2002
Evaluation of the IDB's Public Consultation on the Camisea Gas Project, Institute for Policy Studies and Amazon Watch, August 12, 2002
Report on the Social and Environmental Impacts of the Camisea Gas Project, by the International NGO Delegation to the Lower Urubamba, August 2002
Response to Pluspetrol's Native Communities Department statement on indigenous peoples living in isolation in the Kugapakori-Nahua Reserve, Amazon Watch, July 8, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 116 KB)
Conclusions of the April 9-11 workshop with Monitoring Brigades of the Native Communities of Upper and Lower Urubamba, COMARU, April 19, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 198 KB) Also available: Español
Lima-based Shinai Serjali's transcript of audio recording of unannounced meeting between Pluspetrol and a Nahua community, April 12, 2002. Also available: Español
An Independent Environmental and Social Assessment of the Camisea Gas Project, by Patricia Caffrey, April 2002 (Acrobat pdf 874 KB) Also available: Español
Trip Report from the Camisea Gas Project and the Lower Urubamba Valley, Cuzco, Peru, Amazon Watch, December 2001 (Acrobat pdf 193 KB) Also available: Español
Correspondence
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi states, "US should have voted 'no' on Camisea", September 10, 2003
Senator Patrick Leahy's letter in response to an Economist magazine article on Camisea, August 23, 2003
BIC letter to IDB Executive Directors detailing the sordid environmental and social track records of private companies involved in project, July 24, 2003
Oxfam America letter requesting a delay in the Board date, July 10, 2003
US-based NGO letter to IDB President Iglesias requesting a delay in IDB project vote, June 25, 2003
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands letter to US Ex-Im Bank President warning about location of port facility in a protected marine reserve. Page 1 (.jpg format 340 KB); Page 2 (.jpg format 250 KB), June 17, 2003. Also available en Español: Pagina 1; Pagina 2
Peruvian civil society group request for delay in IDB project vote, June 16, 2003. Also available: Español
IDB's response to June 16 letter (en español), July 17, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 164 KB)
Declaration on the Camisea project from members of the Amazon Alliance of Traditional and Tribal Peoples to IDB President Enrique Iglesias, May 9, 2003. Also available: Español
Letter from Nahua community requesting the modification of drilling concession block to exclude territory in the Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve, March 22, 2003. Also available: Español
Memo to IDB President Enrique Iglesias regarding forced contact of indigenous groups, February 25, 2003. Also available: Español
Letter from NGOs to IDB and Export-Import Bank Boards of Directors, November 1, 2002
Statement from NGOs to IDB Board of Executive Directors on the Camisea Natural Gas Project, September 2002. Also available: Español
Statement from NGOs to IDB President Enrique Iglesias on the Camisea Natural Gas Project, May 9, 2002
Press
ONU: Denuncian superposición de lotes de hidrocarburos sobre áreas protegidas y territorios indígenas April 23, 2008, (Servindi website) En Español
Peru's Camisea Pipeline: Economic Growth vs Nature, by Lucien Chauvin, Miami Herald, September 15, 2003 (Miami Herald website)
Inter-American Development Bank Blasted for Backing Risky Camisea Project in Peru, BIC, Amazon Alliance, FOE, et al, September 10, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 91 KB)
Ex-Im Bank denies financing request to back Peru's Camisea gas development project, U.S. Ex-Im Bank press release, August 28, 2003 (Ex-Im website)
Peru denied Export-Import bank funds for gas project, Reuters, August 28, 2003 (Reuters website)
Financing for Peru's Camisea Project Voted Down by U.S. Ex-Im Bank, BIC, Amazon Alliance, FOE, et al, August 28, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 104 KB)
Camisea snag holds lessons for investors, Oil Daily, August 8, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 241 KB)
Call to delay vote on Peru gas project, The Financial Times, August 6, 2003 (FT website) (note: you will need an online subscription to view this article)
Agencies stall on lending for Peru gas project, Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2003 (WSJ website) (note: you will need an online subscription to view this article)
IDB likely to postpone Camisea loan vote to August 27, Business News Americas, August 6, 2003 (BNA website) (note: you will need an online subscription to view this article)
A piece of the Amazon pie, Mother Jones, August 6, 2003 (Mother Jones website)
Further delays loom for Peru gas project, The Financial Times, August 5, 2003 (FT website) (note: you will need an online subscription to view this article)
Peru natural gas pipelines, plant ignite controversy, San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2003 (SF Chronicle website)
Ambientalistas demandan congelar crédito a Camisea por tres meses, La Republica, August 5, 2003 (Español) (La Republica website)
Pipelines Fuel Debate, by Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Times, August 5, 2003
US to Vote on Aid for Peruvian Gas Project, The Washington Post, July 28, 2003 (Washington Post website)
Inter-American Development Bank President Iglesias Admits Serious Flaws in Camisea Gas Project: Still No Commitment to Loan, Friends of the Earth press release, March 24, 2003 (FoE website)
Outside Pressures Threaten Isolated Amazon Cultures, by John Roach, National Geographic News, March 11, 2003 (National Geographic website)
Texas Firms Line Up US Aid in Peru: Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed, by James Grimaldi, Washington Post, November 20, 2002 (Washington Post website)
Activists Urge Banks to Shun Peru Gas Project, by Danielle Knight, Inter Press Service, May 13, 2002
Pluspetrol in the Kugapakori-Nahua Reserve, Peru, Shinai Serjali Press Release, May 13, 2002. Also available: Español
Useful Web Pages
Chronology of recent events and campaign materials related to the Camisea Project campaign, assembled by Bank Information Center
Amazon Alliance Camisea Photo Gallery, by Peter Kostishack from a June visit to the project
Camisea area map (.jpg format 1.13 MB)
www.camisea.com.pe- Official project consortium website