Ecuador's next Amazon oil battle: Indigenous Peoples on the front line

The Ecologist
Apr 1, 2016, 4:10 pm84 pts
The rights of nature and of indigenous communities are enshrined in Ecuador's constitution, writes Kevin Koenig. But down in the Amazon the government is going full speed ahead with oil extraction on indigenous territories whose owners are committed to keeping their forests and waters pollution-free. A mighty…

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