Ecuador is facing an unprecedented confrontation between a 'progressive' left-leaning government and a national coalition of indigenous peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their community land and villages.
Ecuador's tribes declare 'national mobilization' against oil and mining David Dene | 24th May 2014 News Mining Ecuador Oil Indigenous Peoples Economics Politics yasuni-cut.jpg Worth saving? Yasuni …
Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, a gigantic open pit copper and gold mine is planned in the heart of the Shuar peoples' territory. David Dene tells the story of a growing international campaign to uphold and defend the 'Rights of Nature', in Ecuador and beyond.
Ecuador - upholding the Rights of Nature David Dene | 29th April 2014 Activism Forests Mining Ecocide Ecuador Indigenous Peoples kennecott-mine-utah-cut.jpg Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, a …