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Increased Chinese Involvement Raises Concerns Over Potential Social and Environmental Impacts

ERI Releases Most Comprehensive Survey on Chinese Multinational Corporate Investment in Burma

September 29, 2008, Chiang Mai, Thailand and Washington, D.C. – A survey released by EarthRights International reveals an increase in the number of Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) involved in hydropower, oil and natural gas, and mining projects in Burma (Myanmar). The report, China in Burma (Myanmar): The Increasing Involvement of Chinese Multinational Corporations in Burma’s Hydropower, Oil and Natural Gas, and Mining Sectors, is the most comprehensive survey on Chinese investment in Burma to date and identifies 69 Chinese MNC’S involved in 90 completed, current and planned projects in the hydropower and extractive sectors in Burma. Previous ERI research collected between May and August 2007 identified only 26 Chinese MNCs involved in 62 projects. This research, conducted over the last year, draws upon government statements, English and Chinese language news reports, and company press releases.

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ERI Helps Conduct Mobile Trainings for Remote Amazon Communities
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  Last month ERI teamed up with our partners on the ground to conduct a series of mobile trainings on human rights and property laws, grassroots organizing, and media strategies for remote communities in the Peruvian Amazon. These traditional communities are constantly battling human rights and environmental abuses at the hands of Peruvian and multinational corporations seeking business opportunities in the resource-rich Amazon.
Chevron and the Yadana Pipeline

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EarthRights International released a new report, The Human Cost of Energy: Chevron’s Continuing Role in Financing Oppression and Profiting From Human Rights Abuses in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar), documenting Chevron’s ongoing role in financing and profiting from the military regime in Burma. This is the first comprehensive report on conditions in the Yadana pipeline region since Chevron acquired Unocal’s interest in 2005, and documents the continued serious human rights violations by pipeline security forces, including forced labor, murder, rape and torture. The report also describes Chevron’s continuing legal liability associated with abuses in the pipeline region. (See ERI's Press Release on the report.)