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Original article from Mongabay available here: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/ecuador-waorani-people-map-their-rainforest-to-save-it/

Original article from Mongabay available here: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/ecuador-tribe-sees-how-oil-industry-affects-forest-on-toxic-tour/

The yuca is boiling in a witch-like cauldron, heavily dented from years of use, over a fire built of three…

Original article from Al Jazeera available here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/ecuador-indigenous-waorani-launch-petition-save-amazon-180523102935421.html  

TOriginal article from Al Jazeera available here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/ecuador-indigenous-waorani-launch-petition-save-amazon-180523102935421.html

How should indigenous forest peoples respond when the state declares them at risk of physical and cultural extinction? How can…

The Siona, or Ziobain, people have inhabited both sides of the Putumayo River that separates modern day Ecuador and Colombia…

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    

It came out of nowhere. No letters, no meetings, no publicity or any attempt to sell the idea, and from…

The waves of the Upper Aguarico River are crashing on both sides of our boat, filling it with cold water…

For centuries, the Siona, Secoya, Kofan and Waorani have fallen prey to laws imposed by outsiders eyeing their natural resources….