Peru: Ecological catastrophe in Amazonian forest.

Posted on March 19, 2016 by bill

Pérou : catastrophe écologique majeure dans la forêt amazonienne

En direct du monde par Alexis Morel, Eric Samson jeudi 17 mars 2016

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Végétation au Pérou © Maxppp

C’est le principal oléoduc du Pérou qui a rompu à plusieurs endroits provoquant de gros dégâts sur la nature. La compagnie pétrolière nationale qui exploite l’installation n’en est pas à son premier scandale…

The main pipeline in Peru ruptured in many places causing severe contamination to large areas of the environment. This is not the first time the national oil company, who develop the installation, have been responsible for the scandal… 

La région polluée se situe en pleine forêt amazonienne, tout près de la frontière avec l’Equateur. Il y a eu une première fuite le 25 janvier dans l’oléoduc (pipeline) “Nord Péruvien”. 3.000 barils de pétrole de la compagnie publique Petroperu ont contaminé le fleuve Chiriaco. Les indigènes des communautés locales comme celle de Nazareth ont été surpris par la contamination sans avoir été avertis. Le problème a ensuite empiré le 9 février à la suite de pluies torrentielles dans la région, ce qui a conduit le gouvernement à déclencher l’état d’urgence.

The region polluted is situated in the Amazonian forest, very close to the border with Ecuador. Since the latest leak on 25 January in the pipeline (l’oléoduc) “North Peruvien”, 3,000 barrels of oil from the public company Petroperu has contaminated the Chiriaco river. The indigenous people in the local communities, like that of Nazereth, were surprised by the contamination without any warning being given. The problem was made even worse on the 9th February following torrential rains in the region, which drove the government to declare a state of emergency.     

A cette catastrophe écologique s’est ajouté un scandale humain. La compagnie nationale PetroPeru est accusée d’avoir utilisé des enfants pour nettoyer ces fuites. Dans un premier temps, le président de Petroperu a nié. Or, il a depuis été prouvé qu’un ingénieur de la compagnie a bien fait travailler des enfants payés 50 centimes d’euros pour chaque seau de pétrole récupéré. Selon les responsables du village de Nazareth, 60 enfants ont participé à ces tâches. Certains connaissent aujourd’hui des problèmes de santé.

Added to this ecological disaster is a human scandal. PetroPeru is accused of using children to clean up the oil leaks. Initially the company president denied it. Then it was proven that a company engineer worked the children and paid them 50 centimes for every bucket of oil collected. According to the Nazareth village chiefs, 60 children were involved in the task. Some are known today to be suffering health problems.

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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