By Omar Mariluz and Mitra Taj, September 26, 2012. Source: Reuters
LIMA – Peru’s top court has affirmed the right of an Amazon indigenous community to block outsiders from entering its lands – a ruling that could foil resource extraction in tribal areas, experts said on Wednesday.
The ruling by the constitutional court in favor of the Tres Islas community sets a precedent for tribes trying to halt mining, logging or oil drilling on their lands.
Christy Rodgers
Global Justice Ecology Project
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Well done Peru. It isn’t just logging and the destruction catastrophic destruction this brings to the Amazon, we now have internet companies rolling out broadband to isolated communities. These companies openly admitted on TV that this wasn’t just done for the benefit of those peoples but was also done for the companies benefit. Is no place sacred from the greed of corporations?
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