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2016: Ecuador Drills First Oil Well Inside Yasuní Despite Promises to Protect the Amazon and Indigenous Rights | Amazon Watch

Drilling began along the border of the park in 2016 at the Tiputini field. Despite pledges of minimal environmental impact and ‘ecological trails’ instead of roads, satellite images show major swaths cut into the forest. This new well is located in the Tambococha 2 field, and is part of the 26 platforms and 651 wells the government plans to drill in oil #Block43.

The area is home to #Waorani indigenous people and two #indigenous #peoples living in voluntary isolation. Violent encounters between Tagaeri and Taromenane and the outside world have spiked over the last several years as #oil #drilling, #illegal #logging, and #roads have further encroached upon the areas these nomadic groups use.

Waorani organizations have opposed drilling in their ancestral territory, as have indigenous peoples throughout the #Ecuadorian #Amazon. Yet indigenous peoples working to protect their rights and territory face threats and attacks in Ecuador.

https://amazonwatch.org/news/2018/0109-ecuador-drills-first-oil-well-inside-yasuni-despite-promises