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Article

18 Mar 2012

Author:
Elias Cabrera, CorpWatch

Emerald Energy Exploits Colombian Andes

…In…Huila…the platforms of…oil wells belonging to Emerald Energy PLC…[are] “destroying the land and water”…This territory is vital to the region’s food security…In 2009, the company was purchased by the Chinese…Sinochem Corporation…In public meetings with Huila’s Governor…Emerald Energy Legal Issues Representative…defended the company’s commitment to affected communities…“The company will respect it with responsibility and vigour, and there will be no exploration activities within Regional Natural Park Páramo of Miraflores Peak boundaries.”…“[But peasants say] all of the cloud forests around the páramo are also [supposed to be] protected…[they] fought for years with illegal loggers and poppy growers, to protect this region…