Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

Mongabay
Sep 25, 2025, 12:27 pm128 ptsTrending
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon. Those groups say 18 of the proposed blocks overlap their ancestral territories and that they were not consulted.…

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