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8 Mar 2016

Author:
Nelly Luna Amancio, OjoPublico

Peru: Oil spills & extractive co's in the Amazon are causing health problems for indigenous women & households

"La maldición del petróleo acosa a las mujeres indígenas del Amazonas," 8 March 2016

La contaminación del agua es una de las principales preocupaciones para la mujer indígena. Con la pérdida de la calidad del recurso ellas han visto reducida sus posibilidades de garantizar la salud a su familia...

Se estima que el 80% de estas concesiones de hidrocarburos están superpuestas a tierras tituladas de comunidades indígenas, lo que ha generado conflictos sociales con la población local... En algunas regiones, como Loreto, afectadas por la contaminación de décadas de explotación petrolera (primero de parte de Oxy y luego por Pluspetrol Norte), han sido las mujeres indígenas las que de manera organizada han explicado sus quejas y demandas a los funcionarios de las Naciones Unidas. “Ellas han expresado que la contaminación les afecta en particular por los cambios ocasionados en la calidad y disponibilidad de agua y los efectos negativos sobre la salud de su familia”, señala el informe del 2014 del relator para pueblos indígenas, James Anaya.

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Water pollution is one of the main concerns for indigenous women. With the loss of the quality of the resource they have reduced their chances of guaranteeing the health to their family, "...

It is estimated that 80% of these hydrocarbon concessions are superimposed on land titled Indigenous communities, which has generated social conflicts with the local population. In some regions, such as Loreto, affected by the pollution of decades of oil exploitation (first from Oxy and then from Pluspetrol Norte), it has been the indigenous women who have organized their complaints and demands to the officials of the United Nations. "They have expressed that pollution affects them in particular because of changes in the quality and availability of water and the negative effects on the health of their family," says the 2014 report of the rapporteur for indigenous peoples, James Anaya.

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