Indigenous Peoples won the right to decide the future of their ancestral territories.
Now, let’s make sure the court ruling is respected.
WILL YOU HELP DEFEND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHT TO DECIDE?
Ecuador’s President Lasso is planning to pillage Indigenous lands for oil and mining. We need to take action now.
WILL YOU STAND WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THIS FIGHT?
Sign the letter to the Court and show your support!
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WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT?
With your help and support, the community of Sinangoe won an unprecedented victory in February when Ecuador’s Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling RECOGNIZING the rights of Indigenous peoples to decide the future of their ancestral lands.
However, the Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, is ignoring the massive victory and still pushing ahead with his plans for a Bolsonaro-style plundering of the rainforest and Indigenous territory.
However, the Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, is ignoring the massive victory and still pushing ahead with his plans for a Bolsonaro-style plundering of the rainforest and Indigenous territory.
President Lasso issued two Executive decrees to DOUBLE daily oil production and massively expand mining projects in the Amazon.
The Indigenous movement is standing up to President Lasso, and is challenging these decrees in court. After a year of mobilizing around the world, the Court just accepted our lawsuit.
The Indigenous movement is standing up to President Lasso, and is challenging these decrees in court. After a year of mobilizing around the world, the Court just accepted our lawsuit.
Now, we need your help to make sure the Constitutional Court guarantees the newly recognized right to decide the fate of their lands, and strikes down these harmful decrees.
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With backing from people around the world, the A’i Cofán community of Sinangoe won an unprecedented victory in February, when Ecuador’s Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling RECOGNIZING the right of Indigenous peoples to say ‘No’ to resource extraction on their lands.
Yet despite this historic victory, Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso hasissued two Executive decrees to DOUBLE oil extraction and massively expand mining projects across the Amazon. These decrees represent an existential threat to Indigenous territories, ways of life, and our climate.
Yet despite this historic victory, Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso hasissued two Executive decrees to DOUBLE oil extraction and massively expand mining projects across the Amazon. These decrees represent an existential threat to Indigenous territories, ways of life, and our climate.
We are standing up to President Lasso and challenging these decrees in Ecuador’s highest court. After a year of campaigning and global solidarity, the Court just accepted our lawsuit for trial.
Now, we need your help to make sure the Constitutional Court respects the newly recognized right of Indigenous peoples to decide what happens on their lands, and strikes down these disastrous decrees.
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Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
The massive expansion of oil extraction and mining projects threaten the Amazon. We must put an end to these threats now!
Ecuador’s President Lasso has issued two executive decrees– to double oil production by 500,000 additional barrels per day, and to rapidly expand mining in the Amazon by creating a fast-track environmental and social permitting process.
The decrees are a clear first step towards a Bolsonaro style plundering of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and hold the potential to profoundly affect millions of acres of Indigenous territory, its peoples, and our shared climate.
