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Foreign Extractive Companies Invade Indigenous Territories in Ecuador’s Amazon Region
Ecuador is located in South America and has a territorial extension of 159,300 square miles, distributed in four regions: the coast, the highlands, the Amazon, and the Galapagos. It is considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity, a place full of richness in flora and fauna, a mega diverse region. However, in the…
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What Is an Imaginary State Called Kailasa Doing in Ecuador, and Why Is It Interested in the Indigenous Territories of the Ecuadorian Amazon?
What Are the United States of Kailasa? The self-proclaimed Hindu religious leader Nithyananda Paramashivam claims to be the founder in 2019 of the United States of Kailasa. Kailasa is said to be located in Latin America, on an island near the Galapagos archipelago in Ecuador, according to a report by the BBC. Vistazo magazine in…
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Community-based Conservation: The Experience of the Zanja Arajuno Center in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Wildlife trafficking is considered to be the fourth most lucrative crime among illegal businesses and confronting it requires joint actions from multiple actors, including centers dedicated to the care and protection of species where community participation plays an important role. This is the case of the Zanja Arajuno Ecological Center in the high rainforest of…
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Climate Crisis: Impact on Communities along the River Basins in Pastaza in 2024
The climate crisis is a reality for indigenous territories and for the world. In the last 10 years, this crisis has unleashed a significant number of problems that affect the central Amazon, where communities must face many difficulties due to severe climate change: one of them is my community Unión Base in the Puyo province,…
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Ecuador: Two Executive Orders Threatening the Amazon
FUENTE: Publicado originalmente por la revista digital ecuatoriana GK La política petrolera y minera del gobierno ecuatoriano sigue afectando a las poblaciones indígenas, y están en contra de todas las recomendaciones para mitigar el cambio climático. Las políticas minera y petrolera del presidente Guillermo Lasso han sido rechazadas por organizaciones y nacionalidades indígenas. En octubre…
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The dangers of more “green” mining in the Americas for the energy transition in the North
SOURCE: Red Muqui. Translated by: Andrea Pisera The myths of “green,” “sustainable” and “climate smart” mining are gaining traction across the world. Companies are marketing these mines as “green,” and present them as the solution to the climate crisis in order to attract investors. They promote Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) criteria, and the…
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Looking Forward from COP26: An Interview with Andrés Tapia from Lanceros Digitales and CONFENIAE
Awasqa: You participated in COP26. Tell us a little about your experience as a member of the organizations Andrés Tapia: We participated as part of COICA (Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica) as part of the nine countries that represent the Amazon basin, that is, we were able to participate in COP26…
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Bioregional Plan to Protect the Lungs of the Planet
FROM THE EDITORS: A large alliance representing 30 indigenous nationalities, inhabitants and protectors of 35 million hectares of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, published the “Bioregional Plan: Sacred Headwaters 2030” to present a strategic plan for the protection and conservation of forests led by indigenous peoples. The plan includes concrete transition actions towards indigenous self-determination…
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Ecuador’s Water Rights Presidential Candidate
Ecuador’s first round of presidential elections took place on Sunday, February 7, leaving three finalists for the second round (yet to be defined, by a vote count): a self-appointed socialist, Andrés Arauz Galarza; an indigenous environmentalist, Yaku Pérez; and a banker, Guillermo Lasso. Yaku Pérez has shown in the days following the election that there…