Quito, Feb 1 (EFE).- The Waorani Indigenous people called Thursday for Ecuadorians to stand together to pressure the government to respect last year’s referendum that called for an end to oil exploration in the Yasuní National Park, a highly biodiverse area of the Amazon. In a press conference from the Amazon, the Waorani recalled that …
Ecuador has reached an
agreement with an Indigenous community in the country s Orellana
province to end the group s blockade of oil projects in the
area, the ministry of energy and mining said on. -December 30, 2023 at 10:05 pm EST
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The decision reached by Ecuadorians to put an end to oil production in Yasuní National Park, in a popular referendum in August, was a triumph for civil society and a global milestone in environmental