NOTES Preface 1. The United Nations World Food Programme, http://www.wfp.org/ index.asp?section=1 (accessed December 27, 2003). In addition, the National Association for the Prevention of Starvation estimates that "Every day 34,000 children under five die of hunger or preventable diseases resulting from hunger" (http://www.napsoc.org, accessed December 27, 2003). Starvation.net estimates that "if we were to add the next two lead- ing ways (after starvation) the poorest of the poor die, waterborne diseases and AIDS, we would be approaching a daily body count of 50,000 deaths" (http://www.starvation.net, accessed December 27, 2003). 2. U.S. Department of Agriculture findings, reported by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), http://www.frac.org (accessed December 27, 2003). 3. United Nations. Human Development Report. (New York: United Nations, 1999). 4. "In 1998, the United Nations Development Program estimated that it would cost an additional $9 billion (above current expenditures) to provide clean water and sanitation for everyone on earth. It would cost an additional $12 billion, they said, to cover reproductive health services for all women world- wide. Another $13 billion would be enough not only to give every person on earth enough food to eat but also basic health care. An additional $6 bil- lion could provide basic education for all... Combined they add up to $40 billion." -- John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution, http://www.foodrevolution.org (accessed December 27, 2003). Prologue 1. Gina Chavez et al., Tarimiat -- Firmes en Nuestro Territorio: FIPSE vs. ARCO, eds. Mario Melo and Juana Sotomayor (Quito, Ecuador: CDES and CONAIE, 2002). 2. Sandy Tolan, "Ecuador: Lost Promises," National Public Radio, Morning Edition, July 9, 2003, http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/ 2003/jul/latinoil (accessed July 9, 2003). 3. Juan Forero, "Seeking Balance: Growth vs. Culture in the Amazon," New York Times, December 10, 2003. 4. Abby Ellin, "Suit Says ChevronTexaco Dumped Poisons in Ecuador," New York Times, May 8, 2003. 230