Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people

Perenco’s site in the Marañon basin and, right, an aerial shot of the Napo Tigre reserve showing signs of the presence of Indigenous people. Photograph: Orpio

Isolated Peruvian tribes face a threat to their existence from a push to scrap a planned Indigenous reserve led by an Anglo-French oil company, Indigenous groups say.

The firm, Perenco, whose slogan is “Oil remains an adventure”, filed an injunction in May for the repeal of a law offering preliminary government recognition to a proposed Napo-Tigre reserve. The first hearing is scheduled on 7 September.