When: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12 - 2pm
 
Where: Oxfam America
1101 17th Street NW
Suite 1300
Washington, DC 20036

Livestream available here: https://oxfam.webex.com/oxfam/j.php?MTID=m50eb78503d7d44f829d029ac3d2e6a4c 

Call-in details: +1-855-797-9485 / access code: 800 338 759
 
Extending across the Tigre, Corrientes, Pastaza, and Marañón river basins in Peru’s remote Loreto province, two oil blocks and a large pipeline lay over indigenous territory. One of the oil fields is block 192, the largest-yielding one in Peru. For over 40 years, the indigenous Kichwa, Quechua and Achuar peoples who live near the oil field have been exposed to severe pollution, including heavy metals, and human rights abuses.
 
Since 2015, the Peruvian government has attempted to extend production of oil at the block for another 40 years. The Amazonian federations organized in PUINAMUDT have responded by pushing for remediation and justice through a process of community consultation, establishing critical precedents for future hydrocarbon cases.
 
Please join Oxfam and the Due Process of Law Foundation as we examine the challenges and successes of this consultation process, and hear testimonies from two indigenous leaders on the front lines of the fight for community justice at block 192.

Confirmed Speakers
- Aurelio Chino Dahua, President of FEDIQUEP
- Emerson Sandi, President of OPIKAFPE
- Daniel Cerqueira, Senior Program Officer, DPLF
- Rocio Avila, Oxfam (moderator)

Please join Oxfam and Due Process of Law Foundation as we examine the challenges and successes of this consultation process, and hear testimonies from two important indigenous leaders.  
 
For comments or questions contact Rocio Avila, Latin America Extractive Industries Advisor or Andrew Bogrand, Senior Communications Advisor.