Amazon tribe leaders ask UK Parliament to stop big banks' oil funding
Native Wampis representatives from Peru meet with British lawmakers to discuss rainforest protection. They want to stop major banks from funding oil projects that affect their Amazon homeland
The Wampis Nation leaders made their way to Londons House of Commons to speak with British law-makers about a pressing issue affecting their home-land (the meeting took place in mid-nov 2024)
The native representatives aim to stop international banking support for oil-related projects in their region; these activities harm the Amazon rainforest where their people have lived for many generations
Three major financial institutions - HSBC‚ JPMorgan Chase‚ and Santander - provide money to Petroperu‚ the state oil company thats upgrading its coastal facility. The oil moves through a super-long pipeline: it stretches 680 miles across the rain-forest and brings crude to the processing plant
The banks involvement in funding these oil operations directly impacts the Wampis ancestral lands; this creates problems for local communities that depend on the forest
