Marie Michael Library
Title
Amazon Watch
Length
29 min.
File No
758
Format
DVD
Description
Three short videos concerning pollution in the Amazon. 1. ChevronTexaco: On trial in Ecuador: This video documents the cancer and death from pollution and oil spills and the destruction of the Amazon rainforest area in Ecuador by Chevron Texaco. 2. Burlington resources in Ecuador: This video documents the attempts of Burlington Resources from Houston, Texas, trying to drill in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, the destruction of resources in the attempt, and the resistence of the native tribes. 3. Peru's Camisea project: Risky business: This video documents the resistance of the indigenous natives to the destruction caused by oil production in the biodiverse rainforest area of Camisea, lower Urubamba River in Peru.