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Protecting the Peruvian Amazon and its People From the Risks of Oil and Gas Development

By Jon Sohn on October 25, 2007
< p>Many Peruvian school children aren’t taught that isolated indigenous groups live in the Amazon tropical forests of their country. Further, some mining and oil company officials continue to deny that these communities exist.

Letter to World Bank, Re: Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru

By Jon Sohn, Sarah Paraghamian, Richard Chase Smith on October 12, 2007

The following letter was sent to the Socially Sustainable Development Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank on October 12th, 2007, regarding the proposed Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru.

Ecuador's Proposal to Save Yasuni Rainforest Recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative As a Step Towards Reducing Emissions

By Jon Sohn on September 27, 2007

Additional Contributors: Remi Moncel

The selection of the Ecuadorian proposal as one of the most innovative climate change proposals within the

OPIC's Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Jon Sohn on June 14, 2007
On June 14, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced a Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Jonathan Sohn's Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

By Jon Sohn on May 24, 2007

STATEMENT OF JONATHAN SOHN
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Following Through on Climate Promises

By Jon Sohn and Smita Nakhooda on April 24, 2007

This column originally appeared in Environmental Finance, March 2007.

The proposed $45 billion leveraged buyout of

Hearing Testimony: "Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States"

By Jon Sohn on April 5, 2006

Testimony of James A.