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For more than six years, the Ecuadorian State has denied A’i Cofán children of the Sinangoe community their fundamental right…

On November 15th 2021, just days after the COP26 climate conference ended, Ecuador’s Indigenous movement hosted judges from the country’s…

November 15, Community A’i Kofán de Sinangoe, Ecuador – We send this communication from our ancestral territory, where the bones of…

After Historic 2018 Victory in Court Against Gold-Mining, A’i Kofán of Sinangoe Demand Ministry of Environment Grant Title to Ancestral…

Facing the mounting pressures of the global race for gold and other metals across the globe, it’s not everyday that…

On October 22nd 2018, the Kofan people of Sinangoe in the Ecuadorian Amazon won a landmark legal battle to protect…

In January 2018 the Ecuadorian Government concessioned off over 30,000 hectares of some of the most bio-diverse rainforest in the…

In a lawsuit that will inspire and galvanize many other indigenous communities across the Amazon for years to come, the…

From December 2017 to February 2018, the Ecuadorian government granted more than 10 new gold mining concessions in the headwaters…

The “fluorescent” orange water coming out of the ground and flowing towards the pristine headwaters of the Aguarico River smells…

Planes, trains and automobiles. Plastic, pesticides and polyester. Oil and gas have been the engine of the world economy for…

Original article from The Guardian available here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2018/apr/09/our-territory-our-life-struggle-mining-ecuador