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Mongabay: ConocoPhillips withdraws from oil exploitation in uncontacted indigenous territory A portion of Block 67 which runs up against the border of Ecuador as viewed by Google Earth.
ConocoPhillips has announced it is withdrawing from its 45% share of oil drilling in Block 39 of Peru's Amazon rainforest. The withdrawal comes after pressure from indigenous-rights and environmental groups to leave two Peruvian oil blocks--39 and 67--alone, due to the presence of indigenous people who have chosen to remain......
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ConocoPhillips withdraws from oil exploitation in uncontacted indigenous territory
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2011
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