David Hill
A travesty: The Economist on ‘isolated Indians’
An article in The Economist seriously misrepresents the Indigenous people affected by the Camisea drilling project for gas in the Peruvian Amazon. It reads like corporate PR for Argentine-Dutch oil consortium PlusPetrol
The Amazon: protect the ‘undiscovered’ earthworks
Yet another reason to protect the Amazon - 1000s of 'undiscovered earthworks', says David Hill.
Researchers suggest hidden archaeological sites have role in Indigenous peoples’ land rights struggle
Peru: young girls chained in mining camp
A chance discovery of a gold mining dredge in Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon led observers to a wretched miners' camp where youg girls were chained in a hut and used for sex.
Peru: new threat to Amazon reserves
Legislation being proposed in the Peruvian Congress would remove central government and environmental controls over indigenous lands and reserves. Indigenous organizations are vigorously opposing the change