This article tells us the success story of how neighboring Ashaninka communities of the Amahuaca have pushed out Odebrecht, a Brazilian energy company, looking to build a dam on the Tambo river not far from the Inuya where the Amahuaca live.
However the onslaught of development and the push for dams in the region is still fierce. The communities of the Tambo river now face another battle. As the article states here - 'The Ashaninka will now turn their attention to convincing Brazilian company Electrobrás, interested in building another dam on the Tambo River – the Tambo-60 – to withdraw.'
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AMAZON WATCH » Brazilian Construction Company Cancels Plans for Mega-Dam in Peru
It is my hope that the energy companies intending to develop oil projects on Amahuaca territory will be met with the same opposition.
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