Amazon Tribe Saves Millions of Acres Of Rainforest After Beating Big Oil

[Beringia]

https://www.intelligentliving.co/amazon-tribe-rainforest-oil/





The Waorani indigenous people of Pastaza Province, a place in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, have impressed the world with their bravery and determination. These simple people, at one with nature, have defended themselves and their land against big oil companies coming to drill for oil with permission from the government who had never received consent from the indigenous people of the land. The people stood up to the Ecuadorian government’s fraudulent actions in court and triumphed!

The Waorani have called the Amazon home for countless generations. They are the rightful owners, or carers, of the land and should have the final say on what happens on it, or to it. The tribe won their lawsuit against government corruption and big oil. The judges ordered the government to redo the consultation process and apply the standards set by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights prior to any sale related to extracting underground resources. This would take into consideration the environmental and cultural impacts that would affect the tribe.

In addition, the three-judge panel from the Pastaza Provincial Court sided with the Waorani, trashing the Ecuadorian government’s consultation process that began in 2012 and rendering the land sale null and void. (The tribe had unknowingly signed away their land to oil companies.) Such legal precedent is hugely important for other indigenous nations! It shows that people can fight back when scammed, even if it’s against government officials or billion dollar businesses. The victory has set a huge precedent for indigenous people’s land rights in the Amazonian country and beyond.



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http://mergersandacquisitionreviewcom.blogspot.com/2011/04/oil-companies-to-invest-138-billion-in.html

[Mike 03]

1. Truly inspiring!!

[Iliyah]

2. K & R!