QUITO, ECUADOR – The indigenous Waorani community in Ecuador won a landmark lawsuit on Friday against three government bodies for conducting a faulty consultation process with the community before putting their territory up for sale in an international oil auction. The ruling immediately suspends any possibility of selling the community’s land for oil exploration. ItContinueContinue reading “Indigenous Waorani win landmark legal case against Ecuador gov’t (Al Jazeera)”
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Indigenous Waorani sue Ecuadorian government over land rights (Al Jazeera)
PUYO, ECUADOR – More than 200 indigenous Waorani people and their supporters marched to the court in the Amazon city of Puyo on Thursday to begin their high-stakes hearing against the Ecuadorian government. After long protesting oil extraction in its territory, the community are suing three government bodies – the Ministry of Energy and Non-renewableContinueContinue reading “Indigenous Waorani sue Ecuadorian government over land rights (Al Jazeera)”
Indigenous Organizers Halted Plans for Oil Drilling in the Amazon (In These Times)
PUYO, ECUADOR—Rosa Elvira Chuji Gualingai, 50, came to the city to pressure the government. Watching the traffic outside her office window, she says, “I can’t get used to this lifestyle.” The indigenous activist, leader of the Shiwiar community of Kurintsa, was raised deep in the Amazon rainforest, surrounded by towering ceibo and palm trees. WithContinueContinue reading “Indigenous Organizers Halted Plans for Oil Drilling in the Amazon (In These Times)”
Indigenous group sues Ecuador for earmarking its land for oil drilling (Mongabay)
PUYO, Ecuador — An indigenous community in Ecuador has filed a lawsuit against the government for failing to consult with it before putting its territory up for sale to the oil industry. The Waorani community announced the lawsuit Feb. 27 with a historic march through the city of Puyo, capital of the Amazon province ofContinueContinue reading “Indigenous group sues Ecuador for earmarking its land for oil drilling (Mongabay)”
Time to shift focus to existing environmental laws, says new UN report (Mongabay)
QUITO, ECUADOR – The most important thing we can do to address climate change isn’t to create new regulations, but ensure that countries comply with the regulations that already exist. That’s according to the first ever report on environmental policies worldwide, released by the UN on Jan. 24. The report concludes that environmental concerns haveContinueContinue reading “Time to shift focus to existing environmental laws, says new UN report (Mongabay)”
California split over carbon trading plan for tropical forests (Reuters)
QUITO, ECUADOR – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous leaders from tropical forest nations have urged Californian regulators to reject a proposed international carbon trading scheme, arguing it would violate forest peoples’ rights. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is due to decide in April whether to adopt the California Tropical Forest Standard (TFS), a controversial planContinueContinue reading “California split over carbon trading plan for tropical forests (Reuters)”
Rock icon Roger Waters denounces Chevron in Ecuador (Mongabay)
QUITO, ECUADOR – Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters took a break from his South America-Mexico tour on Tuesday to visit Ecuador and denounce oil giant Chevron Texaco. Rogers said he wanted to draw attention to cleanup in the Amazon Rainforest the company was ordered to carry out by a judge in Ecuador, who alsoContinueContinue reading “Rock icon Roger Waters denounces Chevron in Ecuador (Mongabay)”
Ecuador’s indigenous Waorani launch petition to save the Amazon (Al Jazeera)
NEMONPARE, ECUADOR – The Amazon rainforest is not an oil block and it is not for sale, says Ecuador’s Waorani community in a new petition. The indigenous community has been living in and fighting for their jungle territory for thousands of years, but they could soon see the entire region auctioned off to the highestContinueContinue reading “Ecuador’s indigenous Waorani launch petition to save the Amazon (Al Jazeera)”
Indigenous Amazonian women demand end to extraction (Mongabay)
QUITO, ECUADOR – Nearly 100 indigenous women of the Ecuadorian Amazon spent five days protesting outside the country’s Presidential Palace last week. They were demanding a meeting with President Lenin Moreno and to personally deliver their political mandate. Authorities eventually agreed to a meeting between the protesters and the president, currently set for March 22.ContinueContinue reading “Indigenous Amazonian women demand end to extraction (Mongabay)”
Mujeres indígenas llevan cuatro días esperando por una reunión con el presidente de Ecuador (Mongabay LatAm)
QUITO, ECUADOR – Es el cuarto día que cerca de 100 mujeres indígenas de la Amazonía ecuatoriana protestan en las afueras del Palacio de Carondelet, residencia oficial del presidente del Ecuador. Llegaron el lunes a la ciudad de Quito para exigir una reunión con el mandatario Lenin Moreno y entregarle personalmente un documento que recoge todasContinueContinue reading “Mujeres indígenas llevan cuatro días esperando por una reunión con el presidente de Ecuador (Mongabay LatAm)”
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