"Two years ago, Ecuador surprised the world with a historic referendum: more than 58% of the population voted to keep nearly one billion barrels of crude oil underground in Yasuni National Parkone of the most biodiverse places on Earth and home to Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation (Tagaeri and Taromenane). The referendum was a triumph of democracy and a global example of how a society can choose to protect life over oil."
"President Daniel Noboa is pushing forward the largest oil auction in decades: 2.3 million hectares divided into 14 blocks that overlap with the territories of seven Indigenous nations (Sapara, Shiwiar, Waorani, Kichwa, Achuar, Shuar, and Andoa) in the Amazon rainforest. This extractivist shift is not only an ecological contradiction given that humanity has already crossed seven of the nine planetary boundaries and the Amazon is nearing a tipping point"
Since the Paris Agreement more than 950,000 square kilometers have been opened for oil and gas exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean, an area larger than Venezuela. Two years ago Ecuador voted to keep nearly one billion barrels of crude oil underground in Yasuni National Park, a biodiverse area home to Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation. By August 2024 only one of 247 wells in Block 43 had been closed and the government delayed the mandated cessation from one year to five. President Daniel Noboa is proceeding with a major oil auction covering 2.3 million hectares overlapping seven Indigenous nations, risking ecological tipping points and deepening political, social, and financial crises.
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