Ecuador approves Yasuni park oil drilling in Amazon rainforest: blaming Correa
Joan Martinez-Allier, Professor of Economics and Economic History of the Autonoma University of Barcelona and strong supporter ef ecological economy comments the choice of Rafael Correa on Yasuni JMA from Quito (Flacso), 16th August 2013. As it was expected since February 2013 when president Correa won again the presidency of Ecuador, and even before given his track record since 2009 of internally boycotting the Yasuni ITT initiative,...
Some thoughts about the YasuniTT
The former UN Ambassador for the Plurinational State of Bolivia and forefront of the battle for climate justice Pablo Solón comments the Correa decision’s on Yasuni ITT Park. The preservation of nature and the rights of Mother Earth cannot be based on the expectation that the capitalist world will pay for it based on their environmental debt or that the payment will come without conditions and strings attached. Yes, it is the...
Thousands rally in Romania against gold mine
Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied to protest against the government’s support for a plan to open Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine! Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied late on September 1st to protest against the leftist government’s support for a plan to open Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana. The project, which aims to use...
Scholar solidarity with NO-Tav movement in Italy in reaction to military repression
In reaction to the repressive measures adopted by Italian military and police forces in the end of July, Silvia Federici has asked for this statement to be circulated and sign as either individuals or as organizations. It will be a solidarity message to the No Tav movement in the North-West of Italy but also to all groups mobilizing in the country against the rationale behind such project. The Ejolt project supports these claims,...
Uncontacted Waorani in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve: Geographical Validation of the Zona Intangible Tagaeri Taromenane (ZITT)
A group of GIS experts adopting geographical approaches for mapping the Zona Intangible Tagaeri Taromenane (ZITT) in the Yasuní Biosphere try to explain how necessary is to recognize the indigenous right to their liveable territories. The Tagaeri Taromenane are two indigenous groups living in “Voluntary Isolation” in the Napo Moist terrestrial ecoregion, located in the western Amazon rainforest. This ecoregion is one of the most...
Repsol can drill for oil in a protected area of the Amazon rainforest of Peru
A region inhabited by indigenous people extremely vulnerable to any contact with outsiders is now under extreme threat. Repsol has been given the go-ahead by Peru’s ministry of energy and mines (MEM) to explore for oil in one “protected” and one proposed reserve in the north of the country in the remote Amazon rainforest bordering Ecuador. According to an environmental impact assessment ([EIA) of the company’s...
