During almost 30 years of oil operations in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon, Chevron (known then as Texaco) contaminated large parts of pristine rainforest by using substandard technology in order to save money and increase its profit margin. Since then, affected indigenous communities are suffering an exploding health crisis and two tribes are faced with extinction. Today, the company refuses to undertake a full clean-up of the contaminated areas. Amazon Watch urges Chevron to fund and implement a major environmental clean-up operation and provide health care to the people whose lives have been ruined by this disaster.