Peru's government declared a state of the environment emergency (Monday), it said, in a remote amazon jungle region has been affected by years of pollution in the nation's most productive oil fields, which is currently operating from Pluspetrol company from Argentina.
Near the ecuadorean border pass tower, river basin of the indigenous groups have been complaining for many years, the pollution and successive administrations failed to solve this problem. Authorities say, never solve the pollution is one of the reasons, so far, Peru's lack of necessary environment quality standards.
Emergency, announced in Peru's environment ministry says, include high levels of lead, barium, chromium, and compound pollution associated with oil. Mainly from the region live in quechua and Ashuar, who is the main hunting hunter-gatherers.
Has been operating in this field for about 12 years, from Pluspetrol company, the country's largest oil and gas producer, will have to clean up pollution, environment minister Manuel Pulgar, vidal said.
Before the government also said that the field operators, western oil companies, not fully repair the pollution. It started drilling in 1971. From Pluspetrol company took over in 2001.
The 90 day emergency command immediate action, to reduce pollution, the risk of local residents.
Thus levied from Pluspetrol company in January of a $11 million fine.
"We know that by the company has a bad environmental behavior," Pulgar vidal, said in a radio interview from Pluspetrol company. "If the renovation has been completed at some point, really did not do well, including the lack of action from 2003 to 2005, the authorities."
, and did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Pluspetrol company phone and email.
Pulgar - vidal not describe pollution levels or estimates that it cost to clean up.
His ministry issued a statement on its website said the government administrative behavior from Pluspetrol company began in March 2012 in 1 ab block, Peru's biggest oil field cross contamination.
President bush emergency ominous federal paice tower, west stowe Shapiama, was hailed as "a great achievement, because for many years, for decades, the government never want to see the reality".
The region has seen in decades "constant leaking (oil), said:" Shapiama from regional capital iquitos, added: "in the bottom of the river sediment pollution completely."
Peruvian television news magazine "panorama show representative Mali sol perez access Troy and pure oil seepage force in the region river and the continued deterioration of the oil pipeline, the pump oil to the Pacific coast.
"The government is to blame, because it allows this," Mr. Perez, said on Monday.
It (Monday), for the first time, the environmental quality standards set within the acceptable limits of pollutants in the soil. Until 2008, Peru without environment is responsible for the examination and approval of environmental impact statements extractive industries, mining and energy.
From Pluspetrol company weekly survey "Hildebrand EN SUS Trece" reported that in 2010, from 2006 to 2010, 78 in the area of the spill and birth defects and abortion of the disease, including Shapiama accused of leaking.
Affected by the indigenous people, Paul McAuliffe, who has worked with a British religious activists told the Associated Press, who in 2010 shocked the words of pollution is difficult to spread out of the jungle.
, he said, could not only pass, but other river basin from Pluspetrol company owns in the oilfield, the contaminated corrientes and Tigre. All of the tributary of the amazon river.
Macaulay, lay activist la Christian brothers in 2004, founded the los letto environment pollution by the end of the network support for the indigenous groups.
In 2010, the Peruvian government attempts to dislodge Macaulay, accused him of inciting unrest aboriginal.
He expelled by the Roman Catholic church and community, including the challenge of amnesty international, by a judge to stop finally.
From 2006 to 2011, President Alan Garcia, open up amazon's mining and oil exploration and drilling. The incumbent President, Mr Humala face rebound in growth in the form of protest.
 
 



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