Peru:Indians ask court to ban oil exploration 20 July 2007Peru?s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, has applied to the courts for oil exploration and drilling to be banned in parts of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes compared to 'Loch Ness monster' 11 July 2007A spokeswoman for Peru's state oil company, Perupetro, has questioned the existence of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon by comparing them to the Loch Ness monster.
Peru:Oil industry told to keep off uncontacted tribes’ land 5 July 2007Oil companies from all over the world have been warned by Peru?s national indigenous peoples? organization not to explore for oil in areas where uncontacted tribes live.
