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Presidents of the Amazon Federations of Ecuador and supporters held a press conference/demonstration outside the Galleria offices of Burlington Resources to reject officially any oil exploration or development activity in the Block 24 area of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Lucas Irar, leader of ORACH, the Peruvian Achuar Federation, shows pictures of damage wrought by oil exploration in other areas of the Peruvian Amazon.

Presidents of the Amazon Federations of Ecuador and supporters held a press conference/demonstration outside the Galleria offices of Burlington Resources to reject officially any oil exploration or development activity in the Block 24 area of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Lucas Irar, leader of ORACH, the Peruvian Achuar Federation, shows pictures of damage wrought by oil exploration in other areas of the Peruvian Amazon.