Peru's Battle for "Independence" http://amazonwatch.org/news/2011/0304-perus-battle-for-independence

As Peru systematically opens up its Amazon to oil and gas drilling, Amazon Watch is standing with many indigenous communities as they proclaim, "not in our territory!"Two different community-based monitoring models have emerged in recent years, which are vying for legitimacy. Both claim to be independent. In assessing the relative independence of a monitoring effort, we should first ask, "independent from what?" In the case of hydrocarbons extraction from the Peruvian Amazon, monitoring should principally be independent from the companies (both international and Peruvian) that are operating the drilling platforms and pipelines.