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	Pastaza Definition / Pastaza Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Pastaza (the ancient river Sumatara) is a large tributary to the Amazon River The Amazon River (occasionally River Amazon; Spanish, Portuguese: Río Amazonas) of South America is one of the longest two rivers on Earth, the Nile River in Africa being the other.
		Pastaza is the main commercial broadcaster in the province.
		Pastaza is a province in central eastern area of Ecuador in Amazonica region.
	www.elresearch.com /Pastaza (248 words)

	Pastaza Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is rumored that there is a lot of gold in the rivers of Pastaza.
		Pastaza is the largest province in Ecuador and the richest in biodiversity.
		To the north of Pastaza are the provinces Napo and Orellana, to the south is Morona Santiago, to the east is Peru, and to the west are the provinces Tungurahua and Moronga Santiago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pastaza_Province (132 words)

	Pastaza, Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism, Ecuador
		Pastaza and its surrounding areas were known as the “Cinnamon Province” in colonial times.
		Puyo, Pastaza’s capital, is known its developed tourist infrastructure, hospitable citizens, and tasty cuisine.
		Pastaza has several delicacies such as fish and palm heart maytos, guanta, guatusa, and danta stew, sancocho,empanadas, and yucca bread.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/pastaza_en.htm (276 words)

	Puyo - What's New - Ecuador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		It is the trading center and the most advanced river port of the province, towards the east, on the edge of the rainforest.
		The populated part of the province of Pastaza is located in and around El Puyo, reduced to a small zone: Pastaza extends out towards the vast plain of the east.
		In drinks, as in the other provinces of the region: the cassava chicha, chonta, plantain liquor and those prepared with other plants and roots such as guayusa and ayahuasca are commonly used, generally at weekends or when there are local markets.
	www.enjoyecuador.net /english/what-new/banos-puyo.shtml (873 words)

	Campaign Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Pastaza province is on the front line of the struggle against oil.
		The Amazon province with the highest percentage of indigenous population, it has an impressive resume of community resistance that goes back to the 1970s.
		With the next round of oil block leasing, much of Pastaza province will be subjected to the same assault on the environment that the northern part of the Oriente has endured in recent decades.
	www.advocacynet.org /cpage_view/amazonoil_opip_17_75.html (738 words)

	Amazon Culture Indigenous Groups - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		to the north of Tena, in the province of Napo.
		In Pastaza, near the city of Puyo, lies the Hola Vida Reserve, from which it is possible to reach the Quichuas’ sacred waterfall.
		Further on, in the province of Pastaza, is the Atacapi-Papangu Project.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/amazon_culture.htm (647 words)

	Environmental History: Searching for middle ground: Native communities and oil extraction in the Northern and Central ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Accommodation with the state occurred to some extent in Pastaza Province, where in 1992 the national government gave z.1 million hectares of land over to the management of the province's principal native organizations.
		Pastaza had been the first area in the Amazon affected by the search for petroleum in Ecuador, beginning in 1921 with the arrival of the Leonard Exploration Company.
		During the 197os and 198os, while what is now the province of Sucumbios teemed with oil wells, roads, and colonists, the native leaders in Pastaza mostly watched the havoc from afar, though Pastaza communities also struggled with problems of territorial and civil rights and cultural change.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3854/is_199804/ai_n8806158/pg_7 (1430 words)

	College of Liberal Arts, Washington State University
		Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins and Bartolo Marnari Ushigua, president of the Association of the Zapara Nation of Pastaza Province (ANAZPPA), have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that pledges university support for the preservation of the Zapara culture and preservation of the environment in Pastaza Province.
		Pastaza Province is part of the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador and is located between Rio Conambo and Rio Pindoyacu, just north of disputed territory, which Ecuador lost to Peru in 1941.
		Patton has conducted extensive on-site research in the province and was largely responsible for the memorandum of agreement and assembling the people who gathered around President Rawlins' conference room table for the signing ceremony.
	libarts.wsu.edu /college/news/2003/06/03-zapara.html (346 words)

	Global Response History - Environmental Action & Education
		According to oficial declarations from the Comander of the Selva Pastaza brigade the objective of this military operation was to “capture, neutralize and annihilate armed elements” supposedly detected in the area.
		It is worrying that on the one hand the military high comand publicly proclaims respect for the Constitution and democracy and on the other hand is chasing and threatening the lives of the communities in open violation of the collective rights of indigenous people stated in the Constitution and the International Workers Organizations agreement 169.
		Octavio Romero) and the Comands of the Fourth Amazonian Division (Gral Gonzalo Tapia) and of the 17th Brigade of the Selva of Pastaza (Crnl.
	www.globalresponse.org /history.php?record=1920 (835 words)

	Ecuador Pastaza Corridor Gift to the Earth ecuador Pastaza River
		In other word, the Pastaza River Valley might well be a natural corridor, an important "biological dispersion zone" connecting the parks and not, as some had previously assumed, a natural barrier to dispersal.
		Situated between Sangay and Llanganates national parks, between the settlements of Río Verde and Shell, the Pastaza River Corridor is comprised of a total of 41,517 hectares, 5,657 of which are cultivated or settled.
		Sixty percent of the corridor is located within the canton of Baños, in the province of Tungurahua, and forty percent of the corridor is located within the canton of Mera, in the province of Pastaza.
	www.lunaruntun.com /english/surroundings_pastaza.htm (797 words)

	Pastaza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		moratorium on all petroleum exploration in Pastaza province.
		RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION: PUYO AND PASTAZA Scarce employment in...
		A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Pastaza River Basin, Ecuador and Peru : RAP Bulletin of Biologi...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Pastaza (433 words)

	EarthRights International - More News / AMIS Declaration in the face of Yanayaku Attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		According to official declarations from the Commander of the Selva Pastaza Brigade, the objective of this military operation was to “capture, neutralize and annihilate armed elements” supposedly detected in the area.
		On the other hand, the process of militarization of indigenous territories of Pastaza, including Sarayaku, has increased in intensity of violence and it is evident that it subscribes to the oil policies launched by Col. Lucio Gutierrez in the province of Pastaza.
		It is worrying that on the one hand the military high command publicly proclaims respect for the Constitution and democracy and on the other hand is chasing and threatening the lives of the communities in open violation of the collective rights of indigenous people stated in the Constitution and the International Workers Organizations agreement 169.
	www.earthrights.org /news/AMISDeclaration.shtml (804 words)

	EarthRights International - More News / Militarization Continues in Pastaza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Those in Pastaza believe that all the operations are linked to the “Patriot Plan,” implemented along the Ecuador/Colombia border by Colombia, in whose war the Ecuadoran army is directly involved.
		The process of militarization in Pastaza’s indigenous territories has increased aggressively in the last few months, and it is evident that it is related to the aggressive oil politics in the province undertaken by Colonel Lucio Gutierrez, without respect for the indigenous communities’ rights.
		In response to this situation, Pastaza’s indigenous communities are organizing immediate denunciation actions at the national and international level, and demanding investigations and penalties for the people responsible for these grave acts, in order delay the military advance that threatens to destroy the peace and collective rights of Pastaza’s Kichwa people.
	www.earthrights.org /news/Yanayaku.shtml (781 words)

	Campaign Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Zapara of Ecuador live in central Pastaza province between the Conambo and Pindoyacu rivers, occupying 54,000 hectares of land surrounded by Quichua, Achuar, and Shuar communities.
		But in fact, there remain five remote Zapara villages in Pastaza province, and in recent years the Zapara, numbering around 200, have organized to fight against all odds for their survival.
		In the last ten years a new and potentially fatal threat to the Zapara culture appeared with the advent of oil exploration in oil concession Block 10, in western Pastaza province.
	www.advocacynet.org /cpage_view/amazonoil_anazppa_17_68.html (830 words)

	Ethnologue: Ecuador
		Extreme north, on the western slopes of the Andes, Colombia-Ecuador border, Carchi Province.
		South and east of Ambato in Tungurahua Province.
		Pastaza Province, Peru border, between the Curaray and Bobonaza rivers.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Ecua.html (822 words)

	Ethnographic Huaorani, Quichua - Ingles
		: The Napo-Quichua are found in the basins of the Napo, Aguarico, San Miguel, and Putumayo rivers, in urban areas in the provinces of Napo and Sucumbios, and in Peru.
		The Quichuas of Pastaza are located in the Province of Pastaza, on the banks of the Curaray, Bobonaza, and Pastaza rivers, and in urban areas in this province.
		In 1992, the Quichua of Pastaza were successful in obtaining legal title to a large part of their territory.
	www.amazoniatouring.com /page20.html (251 words)

	Latinamerica Press: Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Kichwa community of Sarayacu, situated on the banks of the Bobonaza River in the Pastaza province, has pledged to impede, at all costs, the exploitation of its ancestral lands for oil.
		On Nov. 25, an agreement was signed by CGC, Sarayacu communities, Pastaza authorities, the Organization of Pastaza Indigenous Peoples, the Confederation of Indigenous Amazon Nationalities of Ecuador and the police force.
		Pastaza Brigade, mobilized soldiers from three military bases to surround the Sarayacu area.
	www.lapress.org /article.asp?lanCode=1&artCode=3278 (1169 words)

	Ecuador culture - cultural travel planner and tours
		In Pujilí, in the province of Cotopaxi, the artisans are known for their ceramic painting and glass works.
		Ambato, the capital of the province of Tungurahua, is well known for the fine leather work of its craftsman.
		The elliptically shaped "Templo del Sol", or Temple of the Sun, was the center of the ceremonies and rituals of the Cañari-Inca culture.
	www.traveltoecuador.net /ecuador-culture.htm (4064 words)

	Lawyers' Right Watch Canada
		The threats are believed to be linked to the organization's support for the Sarayaku indigenous community in Pastaza province, which opposes plans by a foreign oil company to drill in their territory.
		The Sarayaku indigenous community of Pastaza province have been the object of a campaign of intimidation and defamation, apparently because they oppose the concession given to oil companies to start drilling in their territory.
		In May and again in December 2003, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), part of the Organization of American States (OAS), ordered Ecuador to protect the Sarayaku community, because some of their leaders had received death threats; and some of their members were physically and verbally assaulted during a demonstration in December 2003.
	www.lrwc.org /campaignsummary.php?sid=101 (531 words)

	Jaringan Advokasi Tambang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		On the 21st of April the community held a meeting with the Comisión for the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Pastaza OPIP and the army that had occupied the community of Yana Yacu.
		Establish responsibility and ask for the removal of Dr Clara Fernandes, the judge in charge of the Public Ministery of Pastaza, involved in the dispicable events.
		Hold an assembly of the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Pastaza in solidarity with the community of Yana Yaku and adopt the necessary actions to preserve the rights to a peaceful life for the Kichwa people of Pastaza in the presence of the CONAIE.
	www.jatam.org /english/news/uploaded/18may2004.html (752 words)

	Pastaza Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Pastaza Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Pastaza is a province in (A republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes) Ecuador.
		The province contains the (additional info and facts about Pastaza) Pastaza River.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/pastaza_province.htm (45 words)

	Ethnographic Shuar -Ingles
		This group includes a number of subgroups, usually identified on the basis of the habitat in which members live: the Muraya Shuar are the Shuar of the hillsides, the Untsuri Shuar live in the mountains, and the Pakamaya Shuar are those from the other side of the hills.
		: In the present-day provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Morona Santiago, and the southern part of the Pastaza province.
		On the Zamora, Panki, Paute, Santiago, Yaupi, Tutanangoza, Unpano, Chiguaza, Palora and Macuma rivers, and part of the Pastaza river..
	www.amazoniatouring.com /page21.html (243 words)

	Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - Pastaza Ecuador
		Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - Pastaza Ecuador
		While visiting these communities, you’ll have the chance to see crocodiles, parrots, toucans, caiman, boas, and piranhas near Pavachi.
		Cuisine: Pastaza has several delicacies such as fish and palm heart maytos, guanta, guatusa, and danta stew, sancocho,empanadas, and yucca bread.
	ecuador.editme.com /pastaza-ecuador (299 words)

	Ecuador Provinces
		The first character is the province letter (ISO code of the province).
		The provinces are subdivided into cantones (cantons), which are further subdivided into parroquias (parishes).
		This area was part of the Región Oriental, which in 1942 consisted of Napo Pastaza and Santiago Zamora provinces.
	www.statoids.com /uec.html (568 words)

	ask. \| magazine of the College of Liberal Arts at Washington State University
		WEARING A SHIRT made of bark, Bartolo Marnari Ushigua, president of the Association of the Zapara Nation of Pastaza Province, was in the Washington State University president’s office on important business.
		The MOA pledges university support for the Zapara culture and preservation of the environment in Pastaza Province.
		Patton is an expert on the Zapara and the Pastaza Province because he has conducted extensive on-site research in the province.
	libarts.wsu.edu /ask/ask2-1/global.html (444 words)

	Dendrobates Ventrimaculatus at www.poison-frogs.com
		In Sarayacu in Pastaza province, about fifty kilometres south-east from Puyo in the upper river basin of the Rio Pastaza where there is a town with the same name (Jan Verkade, pers.
		Silverstone (1975: 33-34) describes the colour pattern of the types as "the striped pattern as is found with specimens from the larger part of the Amazon basin and French Guyana".
		The type locality is Sarayacu in Pastaza Province, Peru.
	www.poison-frogs.nl /e020337.html (1090 words)

	Ecuador - Amazon Region - Ecuador - Creter Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		This extensive park is home to a variety of vegetation types (dense tropical forest, swamplands, rolling hills, etc.) and a plethora of wildlife (jaguars, harpy eagles, and caimans, to name a few).
		One of the southern Ecuadorian Amazon’s principal attractions is Condor National Park, in the province of Morona Santiago.
		In the province of Napo, we find the Jatun Sacha Biological Research Center, cared for and administrated by the ecological organization of the same name.
	www.cretertours.com /amazon.htm (1187 words)

	Pastaza province. Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Los rios de la provincia de Pastaza son ricos en peses con la posibilidad de encontrar en ellos oro.
		La abundancia de recursos naturales como los vegetales, hacen gala de esta region, asi por ejemplo en la industria maderera se encuentra el cedro, laurel, caoba, canelo, motilon, copal, suceptibles a ser exportadas.
		El Plan Pastaza se ha creado para el desarrollo forestal, maderero, agroindustria y psicicola de la region.
	www.hipecuador.com /html/ecuador/regions/amazon/provinces/pastaza/pastaza_economy.htm (240 words)

	Amazonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Close to four hundred Shuar and Achuar peoples gathered in the town of Macas in province of Pastaza to register their opposition of the Atlantic Richfield Corporation's (ARCO) operations on their ancestral homelands.
		At the beginning of this year, the Ecuadorian government declared the Cuyabeno-Imuya region and the territory of the Tagaeri and Taromenane in the Yasuni National Park off limits to any oil, timber, mining and colonization activities.
		In February representatives from indigenous groups went back to the government to demand that another 148,200 acres (60,000 hectares) in the Amazon province of Pastaza be also declared a reserve.
	www.amazonia.net /Articles/347.htm (556 words)

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