Peru’s Ministry of Culture has approved a plan to expand the…Camisea project – run by…Pluspetrol…Hunt Oil and…Repsol – once three minor conditions are met…Any contact with gas workers could introduce fatal diseases to the uncontacted Indians…The expansion plan includes the detonation of thousands of explosive charges, and the drilling of exploratory wells using heavy equipment, and involving hundreds of workers. It would take place inside the Nahua-Nanti Reserve for uncontacted and isolated Indians. James Anaya, the UN’s Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited the region last month and warned, ‘The government and company should act with extreme caution and should not go ahead with the proposed expansion before first assuring conclusively that the (tribes’) human rights are not at threat’ [The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Pluspetrol, Hunt Oil and Repsol to respond. Only Respol responded (in Spanish); we will add here any other responses we receive in future]