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Amazon Defense Front Wins Prestigious Environmental Prize

Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador are recognized for their effort to protect the natural world with the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2008.

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Crossing the Cultural Divide
Crossing the Cultural Divide
In the mountains of Peru, indigenous leaders are taking a multicultural approach to overcoming centuries of racism and discrimination--and fighting poverty.
"This is the Future"
"This is the Future"
After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano of eastern Bolivia people now have legal title to their ancestral territory, Monte Verde.
Recovering the School Year in Pisco
Recovering the School Year in Pisco
Emergency classrooms built by Oxfam International help students get back to school.
The Majaz Effect
The Majaz Effect
A proposed mine in Peru threatens fragile cloud forests and rivers.
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WHAT OXFAM IS DOING

Increasing Political Participation

Protecting Indigenous Territories

Improving Emergency Response

RESEARCH

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Perú

Digging to Development

Extractive Sectors and the Poor

Río Blanco: Concerns About Mining

A proposal for a $1.4 billion copper mine in the environmentally fragile cloud forests of northern Piura, Peru, has local farmers, and civil society organizations concerned about pollution to the area’s rivers and wildlife habitats for endangered species.