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July 15, 2019

Ecuador: Waorani Win Case to Protect Amazon Against Oil Exploitation
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In Ecuador, members of the indigenous Waorani tribe celebrated as a
court upheld a ruling barring the government from selling land in the
Amazon to oil companies. The Waorani argued they had not been consulted
over the government's plans to auction off their ancestral lands. The
historic ruling could set a precedent for other indigenous groups
fighting exploitation of their lands. This is Waorani activist Nemonte
Nenquimo.

Nemonte Nenquimo: "And this victory means that our Waorani people and
the future generations, the children, our children, will live healthy
and without contamination. And that also means to the world that we
contribute to the air that you breathe, which is from the Amazon."



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