#yasuni — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #yasuni, aggregated by home.social.
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🧿La #Ecuarunari celebra que juez del Tribunal Contencioso Electoral rechazó denuncia de la cuestionada presidenta del CNE, Diana Atamaint, contra Leonidas Iza, Zenaida Yasacama y Diana Lalvay, exdirigentes de la CONAIE, por la campaña a favor del #Yasuní
#URGENTE⚡️#Ecuador
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🧿SOLIDARIDAD
Se agota el tiempo para que @Yasunidos pueda pagar la injusta y desproporcionada multa impuesta por el @TCE_Ecuador a la participación social
Aquí puede apoyar para que la defensa del #Yasuní siga firme - crowdfunding: https://www.gofundme.com/f/YASunidos
#URGENTE⚡️
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#Ecuador🧿SARIHA MOYA MIENTE
@Yasunidos refuta las declaraciones de la Ministra de Economía que el gobierno está cumpliendo con la voluntad popular de no seguir explotando el petróleo del #Yasuni, porque #Petroecuador reporta que diariamente se están extrayendo 42.893 barriles
#URGENTE⚡️️
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Erfolg im Yasuní-Nationalpark: Gemeinsam mit den YASunidos haben wir jahrelang gegen die Ölförderung gekämpft, unterstützt durch Spenden von Rettet den Regenwald e. V..
Der Volksentscheid war historisch. Aber erst 10 Öl-Blöcke sind geschlossen. Der Druck bleibt.
Was jetzt wichtig ist? Mehr dazu im Interview mit Fernando Muñoz-Miño.
https://www.regenwald.org/regenwaldreport/2025/717/wir-wollen-die-welt-inspirieren
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Erfolg im Yasuní-Nationalpark: Gemeinsam mit den YASunidos haben wir jahrelang gegen die Ölförderung gekämpft, unterstützt durch Spenden von Rettet den Regenwald e. V..
Der Volksentscheid war historisch. Aber erst 10 Öl-Blöcke sind geschlossen. Der Druck bleibt.
Was jetzt wichtig ist? Mehr dazu im Interview mit Fernando Muñoz-Miño.
https://www.regenwald.org/regenwaldreport/2025/717/wir-wollen-die-welt-inspirieren
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#Ecuador🌕POR FIN UNA DECISIÓN RACIONAL
El colectivo @Yasunidos celebra el archivo de la denuncia presentada contra ellos por el #CNE, por una supuesta falta electoral en la campaña por el #Yasuní, en la cual se planteaban multas de miles de dólares y perdida de derechos políticos
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💚 📢 👉 Pronunciamiento solidario de Salva la Selva exigiendo debido proceso, proporcionalidad y el archivo inmediato de una denuncia absurda contra colectivo amigo defensor del Parque Nacional Yasuní contra la explotación petrolera en el corazón de la Amazonía ecuatoriana
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#Ecuador🌕El colectivo @Yasunidos denuncia acción intimidatorias y hostigamiento por parte del gobierno de #NOboa y del #CNE, a través del congelamiento de cuentas bancarias y multas por defender al parque nacional #Yasuní de la devastación petrolera
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#Ecuador
Todas las miradas en la #Amazonía: el #Yasuní no puede esperar. Exige el fin de la explotación petrolera hoy. Tu firma protege vidas y selva. Firma y comparte para amplificar.📸 Daniel Mídenos
#SíAlYasuní #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza #ActúaPorLosBosques #PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #CorteConstitucional
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#Regenwald.org #Ecuador Alle Augen sind auf #Amazonien gerichtet: Stoppt die #Ölförderung in #Yasuní! https://regenwald.org/petitionen/1293?t=25188-9970-166-1
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#PETITION Das ecuadorianische Volk hat dafür gestimmt, das #Erdöl in einem Teil des #Yasuni-Nationalparks im #Amazonas-#Regenwald zu lassen 🌳 Doch die Regierung versucht, das Ende der Ölförderung um Jahre hinauszuzögern. ❌ Fordert das Verfassungsgericht von #Ecuador auf, das Ergebnis der Volksabstimmung juristisch durchzusetzen! JETZT Petition ✍🏽
https://www.regenwald.org/petitionen/1293/alle-augen-sind-auf-amazonien-gerichtet-stoppt-die-oelfoerderung-in-yasuni -
Este mes de agosto representa una ventana crítica: ahora o nunca
Salva la Selva está circulando dos peticiones fundamentales en la defensa de los ecosistemas amazónicos, de los derechos humanos, de la justicia climática y de la democracia ambiental en América Latina.
1. “Brasil: Presidente Lula, use su veto — Detenga la Ley de Devastación”
Va dirigida al presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, solicitando que vete total o parcialmente el proyecto de ley PL 2159/2021 (conocido como “Ley de Devastación”), que fue aprobada por el Parlamento brasileño el 17 de julio de 2025 y debilita gravemente los permisos y controles ambientales .
Lula cuenta con un plazo de 15 días hábiles para ejercer su derecho de veto (es decir, hasta el 8 de agosto según las noticias que tenemos), lo que hace que la campaña en este mes esté siendo absolutamente crítica.
2. “Todas las miradas en la Amazonía: exige el fin de la explotación petrolera en el Yasuní ¡ahora!”
Dirigida a la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador con el objetivo de exigir que ordene que se cumpla el mandato de la consulta popular del 20 de agosto de 2023, que ordenó detener la extracción petrolera en el Bloque 43 y proceder al desmantelamiento de la infraestructura petrolera con urgencia.
Aunque esa consulta fue vinculante, el gobierno ha propuesto un retraso de más de cinco años, lo cual contraviene la resolución constitucional que exige una ejecución en hasta un año .
Necesitamos que esta petición alcance y movilice al máximo durante este mes de agosto, para ejercer presión a punto de cumplirse dos años de la consulta popular en defensa del Yasuní.
#Petición #PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #Brasil #Yasuní #LeiDeDevastaçao #Ecuador #Amazonía #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza #InfórmateFirmaDifunde
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Hace 2 años, el pueblo ecuatoriano decidió en las urnas que el petróleo del Parque Nacional Yasuní —una de las selvas más biodiversas del planeta— debía quedarse bajo tierra.
Pero ese mandato popular aún no se cumple.
📣 🫱🏽🫲🏿 Súmate. Firma la petición a la Corte Constitucional. Difunde. Sé parte del cambio.
🔗 www.salvalaselva.org
#Yasuní #ConsultaPopular #DefiendeElYasuní #DerechosDeLaNaturaleza #Democracia #Ecuador #FirmaPorElYasuní📸 Daniel Mideros, Esteban Rivera Román, Pedro Bermeo
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Das Öl in #Ecuador fließt erst einmal weiter
Im Nationalpark #Yasuní wird weiter #Erdöl gefördert, obwohl 60 Prozent der Ecuadorianer im August 2023 dafür gestimmt haben, das im Block 43 einzustellen. Die Regierung Noboa hintertreibt den Ausstieg.
Die Acción Ecológica engagiert sich für ein Ende der Rohstoffförderung in Schutzgebieten und kritisiert, dass das Ergebnis des wegweisenden Referendums nicht in dem vom Verfassungsgericht vorgegebenen Zeitraum umgesetzt wurde.
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¿Conoces el Parque Nacional del #Yasuní? Es la reserva natural más grande de #Ecuador, y ¡uno de los pulmones del planeta!🌎💚
En 2016, las empresas energéticas ocuparon el parque para excavar y extraer el petroleo, y esto era una clara amenaza para la naturaleza. Durante este tiempo se han degradado más de 689 hectáreas de selva y se han registrado 23 derrames de combustible, afectando a las comunidades indígenas que viven ahí desde hace siglos.
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¿Conoces el Parque Nacional del #Yasuní? Es la reserva natural más grande de #Ecuador, y ¡uno de los pulmones del planeta!🌎💚
En 2016, las empresas energéticas ocuparon el parque para excavar y extraer el petroleo, y esto era una clara amenaza para la naturaleza. Durante este tiempo se han degradado más de 689 hectáreas de selva y se han registrado 23 derrames de combustible, afectando a las comunidades indígenas que viven ahí desde hace siglos.
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Die Menschen in #Ecuador haben dafür gestimmt, das #Erdöl in einem Teil des #Yasuni-Nationalparks im #Amazonas #Regenwald zu lassen. Doch die Regierung versucht, das Ende der Ölförderung hinauszuzögern. Bitte unterschreibt & teilt die #Petition. Fordert das Verfassungsgericht in Ecuador auf, dass Ergebnis der Volksabstimmung juristisch durchzusetzen.
Das Erdöl muss im Boden bleiben! https://www.regenwald.org/petitionen/1293/alle-augen-sind-auf-yasuni-gerichtet-das-erdoel-muss-im-boden-bleiben -
La #PeticiónOnline en la que exigimos el fin de la explotación petrolera en el Parque Nacional #Yasuní, en la #Amazonía ecuatoriana, está a punto de alcanzar las 60.000 firmas.
✍️Firmar la petición: https://www.salvalaselva.org/peticion/1293/todas-las-miradas-en-el-yasuni-exige-el-fin-de-la-explotacion-petrolera-en-la-amazonia-ahora
📜Un poco de historia: https://www.salvalaselva.org/files/es/F_Yasuni_Un_poco_de_historia.pdf
📩 Suscribirte a nuestro boletín con alertas de acción y noticias: https://www.salvalaselva.org/seguir-en-contacto
#PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #Ecuador #SalvaLaSelva #PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #PeticiónOnline #FinDelPetróleo #InfórmateFirmaDifunde
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La #PeticiónOnline en la que exigimos el fin de la explotación petrolera en el Parque Nacional #Yasuní, en la #Amazonía ecuatoriana, está a punto de alcanzar las 60.000 firmas.
✍️Firmar la petición: https://www.salvalaselva.org/peticion/1293/todas-las-miradas-en-el-yasuni-exige-el-fin-de-la-explotacion-petrolera-en-la-amazonia-ahora
📜Un poco de historia: https://www.salvalaselva.org/files/es/F_Yasuni_Un_poco_de_historia.pdf
📩 Suscribirte a nuestro boletín con alertas de acción y noticias: https://www.salvalaselva.org/seguir-en-contacto
#PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #Ecuador #SalvaLaSelva #PeticiónSalvaLaSelva #PeticiónOnline #FinDelPetróleo #InfórmateFirmaDifunde
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In Kürze die 1. Folge „Fragen und Antworten zu Rechten der Natur“ live auf #tiktok!
Den genauen Termin geben wir hier auch noch bekannt…
Unser 1. Gast wird Alberto Acosta sein, Präsident der verfassungsgebenden Versammlung von #Ecuador 🇪🇨 im Jahr 2008…
tune in…
#RechtederNatur #Verfassung #Bayern #Deutschland #Yasuni #RightsofNature #Mitwelt #Rechte #Rechtsstaat #Zukunft #Future
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Cyberaction : Sauver le parc Yasuni
Il y a un an, la population de l’Équateur décidait par référendum de laisser le pétrole dans le sol du parc national Yasuní en forêt amazonienne. Cependant, le gouvernement tente de retarder de plusieurs années son application.
https://mcinformactions.net/cyberaction-sauver-le-parc-yasuni
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#Indigenous Leader #NemonteNenquimo on Fight to Defend #Ecuador’s Ban on Future #Amazon #OilExtraction
via #DemocracyNow, November 29, 2024
"In Part 2 of our special broadcast, we look at a recent victory for Indigenous communities in Ecuador, where people overwhelmingly voted to approve a referendum last year banning future oil extraction in a biodiverse section of the Amazon’s Yasuní National Park — a historic referendum result that will protect Indigenous Yasuní land from development. But the newly elected president, Daniel Noboa, has said Ecuador is at war with gang violence and that the country is 'not in the same situation as two years ago.' Noboa has said oil from the Yasuní National Park could help fund that war against drug cartels. Environmental activists and Indigenous peoples say they’re concerned about his comments because their victory had been hailed as an example of how to use the democratic process to leave fossil fuels in the ground. 'Amazonian women are at the frontlines of defense,' says Nemonte Nenquimo, an award-winning Waorani leader in the Ecuadorian Amazon who co-founded Amazon Frontlines and the Ceibo Alliance. Her recent piece for The Guardian is headlined 'Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him — again.' Nemonte has just published her new memoir titled We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People. We also speak with her co-author and partner, Mitch Anderson, who is the founder and executive director of Amazon Frontlines and has long worked with Indigenous nations in the Amazon to defend their rights."
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/29/indigenous_leader_nemonte_nenquimo_on_fight#ViewerSupportedNews #AmazonRiverBasin #WaterIsLife #LandDefenders #Yasuní #Waorani #IndigenousPeople #YasuníNationalPark #EnvironmentalActivists #WeWillBeJaguars #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #AmazonFrontlines #CeiboAlliance #Biodiversity
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#Indigenous Leader #NemonteNenquimo on Fight to Defend #Ecuador’s Ban on Future #Amazon #OilExtraction
via #DemocracyNow, November 29, 2024
"In Part 2 of our special broadcast, we look at a recent victory for Indigenous communities in Ecuador, where people overwhelmingly voted to approve a referendum last year banning future oil extraction in a biodiverse section of the Amazon’s Yasuní National Park — a historic referendum result that will protect Indigenous Yasuní land from development. But the newly elected president, Daniel Noboa, has said Ecuador is at war with gang violence and that the country is 'not in the same situation as two years ago.' Noboa has said oil from the Yasuní National Park could help fund that war against drug cartels. Environmental activists and Indigenous peoples say they’re concerned about his comments because their victory had been hailed as an example of how to use the democratic process to leave fossil fuels in the ground. 'Amazonian women are at the frontlines of defense,' says Nemonte Nenquimo, an award-winning Waorani leader in the Ecuadorian Amazon who co-founded Amazon Frontlines and the Ceibo Alliance. Her recent piece for The Guardian is headlined 'Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him — again.' Nemonte has just published her new memoir titled We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People. We also speak with her co-author and partner, Mitch Anderson, who is the founder and executive director of Amazon Frontlines and has long worked with Indigenous nations in the Amazon to defend their rights."
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/29/indigenous_leader_nemonte_nenquimo_on_fight#ViewerSupportedNews #AmazonRiverBasin #WaterIsLife #LandDefenders #Yasuní #Waorani #IndigenousPeople #YasuníNationalPark #EnvironmentalActivists #WeWillBeJaguars #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #AmazonFrontlines #CeiboAlliance #Biodiversity
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❓📢 ¿Alguien por aquí que conozca la importancia del #Yasuní en la Amazonía de #Ecuador y se acuerde de la importante iniciativa Yasuní para dejar el petróleo bajo tierra?
:toucan: Si te interesa la defensa y conservación de los bosques puedes conocerlo leyendo nuestro informe👀
https://www.salvalaselva.org/files/es/F_Yasuni_Un_poco_de_historia.pdf
:toucan: Y si quieres ayudar a protegerlo, puedes firmar y difundir esta #PeticiónSalvalaSelva ✍️
https://www.salvalaselva.org/peticion/1293/todas-las-miradas-en-el-yasuni-exige-el-fin-de-la-explotacion-petrolera-en-la-amazonia-ahora#DejarElPetróleoBajoTierra #YasunizarElMundo #FinDelPetróleo
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❓📢 ¿Alguien por aquí que conozca la importancia del #Yasuní en la Amazonía de #Ecuador y se acuerde de la importante iniciativa Yasuní para dejar el petróleo bajo tierra?
:toucan: Si te interesa la defensa y conservación de los bosques puedes conocerlo leyendo nuestro informe👀
https://www.salvalaselva.org/files/es/F_Yasuni_Un_poco_de_historia.pdf
:toucan: Y si quieres ayudar a protegerlo, puedes firmar y difundir esta #PeticiónSalvalaSelva ✍️
https://www.salvalaselva.org/peticion/1293/todas-las-miradas-en-el-yasuni-exige-el-fin-de-la-explotacion-petrolera-en-la-amazonia-ahora#DejarElPetróleoBajoTierra #YasunizarElMundo #FinDelPetróleo
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Yasuní: das Erdöl muss im Boden bleiben
Vor einem Jahr hat das ecuadorianische Volk dafür gestimmt, das #Erdöl in einem Teil des #Yasuni-Nationalparks im #Amazonas-Regenwald zu lassen. Doch die Regierung versucht, das Ende der Ölförderung um Jahre hinauszuzögern.
Bitte unterschreib’ die #Petition an das Verfassungsgericht von #Ecuador, das Ergebnis der Volksabstimmung durchzusetzen.
Die Natur in Yasuní und die dort lebenden indigenen Völker müssen geschützt werden.
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#Yasuní: Das Erdöl muss im Boden bleiben!
Vor einem Jahr hat das ecuadorianische Volk dafür gestimmt, das #Erdöl in einem Teil des Yasuni-Nationalparks im Amazonas-Regenwald zu belassen. Doch die Regierung versucht, die Entscheidung um viele Jahre hinauszuzögern.
Das Verfassungsgericht von #Ecuador muss diese verbindliche Entscheidung durchsetzen und die Regierung zwingen, sich an das Gesetz zu halten!#Petition:
https://www.regenwald.org/petitionen/1293/alle-augen-sind-auf-yasuni-gerichtet-das-erdoel-muss-im-boden-bleiben -
Sí al Yasuní – Das Erdöl im Boden lassen!
Ein Jahr nach der historischen Volksabstimmung in #Ecuador gegen die Erdölförderung im #Yasuni: Was ist inzwischen passiert und wie geht es weiter?
Dieser Frage geht die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung bei einer Podiumsdiskussion am 30. Oktober nach. Es diskutieren drei Vertreterinnen aus Ecuador:
Zeit: 18:30 - 20:30
Ort: Straße der Pariser Kommune 8A, BerlinÜbrigens: In wenigen Tagen starten wir eine aktuelle Petition zum Yasuni !!!
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Vor einem Jahr entschieden sich die Menschen in #Ecuador für den Schutz ihrer Natur!
Doch was ist seitdem geschehen? Die Regierung ignoriert die Ergebnisse der Volksabstimmungen: https://lateinamerika-nachrichten.de/artikel/yasunisierung-oder-extraktivismus/
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Vor einem Jahr entschieden sich die Menschen in #Ecuador für den Schutz ihrer Natur!
Doch was ist seitdem geschehen? Die Regierung ignoriert die Ergebnisse der Volksabstimmungen: https://lateinamerika-nachrichten.de/artikel/yasunisierung-oder-extraktivismus/
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📅 Berlin | 30.10.
Sí al Yasuní – Das Erdöl im Boden lassen!
Ein Jahr nach der historischen #Volksabstimmung in Ecuador gegen die #Erdölförderung im Nationalpark #Yasuní: Was ist inzwischen passiert und wie geht es weiter? 👇
https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/I8B6Z -
📅 Berlin | 30.10.
Sí al Yasuní – Das Erdöl im Boden lassen!
Ein Jahr nach der historischen #Volksabstimmung in Ecuador gegen die #Erdölförderung im Nationalpark #Yasuní: Was ist inzwischen passiert und wie geht es weiter? 👇
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Yasuní – ein internationales Beispiel für das Ende der Ölförderung
Heute vor genau einem Jahr, am 20. August 2023, hat die Volksbefragung für den Stopp der #Ölförderung im #Yasuní-Nationalpark gewonnen. 👇 🧵
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Yasuní – ein internationales Beispiel für das Ende der Ölförderung
Heute vor genau einem Jahr, am 20. August 2023, hat die Volksbefragung für den Stopp der #Ölförderung im #Yasuní-Nationalpark gewonnen. 👇 🧵
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In the heart of the #Amazon, this pristine #wilderness shows nature’s resilience https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/naco-river-amazonia-rainforest
"Amid the din of tragic tales of environmental degradation in the Amazon, there are other, quieter but no less compelling stories testifying to the sheer power of nature to thrive when left untouched. Such is the case of the #NapoRiver, which flows along the north of #Ecuador’s #Yasuní National Park... it shows how #biodiversity can thrive when humans don’t interfere"
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In the heart of the #Amazon, this pristine #wilderness shows nature’s resilience https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/naco-river-amazonia-rainforest
"Amid the din of tragic tales of environmental degradation in the Amazon, there are other, quieter but no less compelling stories testifying to the sheer power of nature to thrive when left untouched. Such is the case of the #NapoRiver, which flows along the north of #Ecuador’s #Yasuní National Park... it shows how #biodiversity can thrive when humans don’t interfere"
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Ecuador. La victoria del movimiento de las Yasunidas/os contra los gigantes del petróleo https://loquesomos.org/ecuador-la-victoria-del-movimiento-de-las-yasunidas-os-contra-los-gigantes-del-petroleo/ #Yasuni #Ecuador
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Ecuador. La victoria del movimiento de las Yasunidas/os contra los gigantes del petróleo https://loquesomos.org/ecuador-la-victoria-del-movimiento-de-las-yasunidas-os-contra-los-gigantes-del-petroleo/ #Yasuni #Ecuador
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The people of #Ecuador just made #ClimateJustice history. The world can follow
Voters won a huge battle with the #OilIndustry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy
by #StevenDonziger, August 31, 2023
"Days ago, voters in Ecuador approved a total ban on oil drilling in protected land in the #Amazon, a 2.5m-acre tract in the #Yasuní national park that might be the world’s most important #biodiversity hotspot. The area is a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve and home to two non-contacted #Indigenous groups. This could be a major step forward for the entire global climate justice movement in ways that are not yet apparent.
"This vote is important not only for Ecuador and for the Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní, who now have hope of living in peace in perpetuity. It is also a potential model for how we can use the democratic process around the world to help slow or even stop the expansion of fossil fuels to the benefit of billions of people.
"The Yasuní referendum proves that real democracy that respects the popular will can be a powerful tool for transitioning to a sustainable future. Ecuador’s state oil company, #Petroecuador, had been producing nearly 60,000 barrels a day in the Yasuní. It now must figure out how to dismantle its entire operation and go home. When in history has a popular vote ever forced an oil company to cease active drilling? Never.
"The Yasuní vote was not the result of a business decision made in a boardroom or government office. It was the product of two decades of #grassroots organizing by citizens and #activists like you and me. I know because I have been to Ecuador more than 250 times to work on a historic pollution case against #Chevron on behalf of the Indigenous people there. Many of the same Indigenous leaders and activists who helped fight Chevron organized the Yasuní vote.
"At the same time, the vote underscores how important it is to protect our increasingly fragile democracy. Without a robust democracy that allows citizens to place issues of critical importance on the ballot without the intermediation of elites, the Yasuní referendum never would have happened.
"The flipside is that powerful #OilAndGas companies understand the threat a real citizen-based democracy poses to their power. They fear a society where citizens can put referendums on the ballot without the approval of business leaders. Those of us in the climate movement often can’t even stop to focus on the connection between democracy and climate justice because we’re so focused on dealing with the immediate crises taking place before our eyes, such as the Maui fire.
"In the United States, it is not broadly known that the #FossilFuel industry quietly funds a national lobbying campaign that has introduced draconian #antiprotest bills in at least 18 states. These laws threaten anyone #protesting at an oil or gas facility with huge fines and serious prison sentences; some states even impose criminal liabilities on non-profit advocacy groups that support the protesters. These are really laws of intimidation designed to stop protest before it happens. And they are also manifesting in other countries including #Australia, the #UnitedKingdom and #Germany.
"As a result, many Americans who have committed #peaceful acts of non-violent #CivilDisobedience – central to the birth of our country and a cornerstone of our political tradition – now face decades in prison. In Atlanta, #Georgia, 42 people have been charged by prosecutors with 'domestic terrorism' for trying to save the city’s last green canopy in the #WeelauneeForest. Local police are trying to raze part of the forest to build a military-style police training academy, colloquially called “#CopCity”, that already resulted in the first police killing of a climate activist in US history. (The police have said that the activist, Manuel Paez #Terán, was used a weapon; activists dispute that claim.)
"The Atlanta cases represent a frightening escalation of attacks on #FreeSpeech and protest in the US. None of those charged – whom authorities accused mainly of vandalism and arson – committed a direct act of violence against another person. Nobody was injured other than the activist shot and killed by police while sitting in the forest.
"That this is happening in a city considered to be one of the cradles of the American civil rights movement shows just how entwined corporate and police power have become in their efforts to erode democratic rights.
"The prosecutions in Georgia are also occurring in a broader context where the right to vote has been seriously impaired. Voter suppression is now a regular feature in many US states, with ludicrous laws being passed to throw out votes. In this short century, two presidents have taken office in the US who did not win the popular vote. Votes are constantly thrown out for the thinnest of reasons, as journalists such as Greg Palast have meticulously documented.
On top of these threats to democracy at the state level, the US #supremecourt and its unelected, mostly #FarRight justices are weakening both our democracy and its ability to regulate the fossil fuel industry. The court has consistently approved measures like voter ID laws and felon disenfranchisement that make it more difficult for historically marginalized groups to vote. It has also, of late, decided its role is to strike down popular legislation, so who knows what they’d do to a popularly won ban on oil drilling.
"I am an #EnvironmentalJustice and #HumanRights lawyer, but one reason I spend significant time focused on issues of democracy is because I simply cannot do my work if our political system does not allow the political space to advocate freely. After I helped Indigenous peoples win a major pollution case in Ecuador, I was detained for almost three years in the US after being targeted with the nation’s first-ever corporate prosecution. My own case is a reminder that the normal rules of democracy can easily be suspended when entrenched economic interests face a serious enough threat to their bottom line.
"As I write this, a heat dome in the US sits over the entire midwest and is affecting 100 million people. Fires have destroyed millions of acres of land. A tropical storm just smacked southern California for the first time, and the historic town of Lahaina in Hawaii burned to the ground with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. In the meantime, the oil industry is reporting record profits, creating enormous incentives for a small group of powerful shareholders to maintain their power by shrinking our democratic space.
What the referendum in Ecuador teaches us is that democratic processes when coupled with strong grassroots organizing can produce startlingly effective results. Taking a cue from our friends in that brave country, the next major move for the climate justice movement could be to launch a national campaign to put the simple question presented in Ecuador before the American people in every state that allows citizens to place their own questions on the ballot. The question is whether we can vote to end the destruction of our planet by the burning of fossil fuels.
"It is clear we cannot trust either of the two major US political parties – both of which mostly support fossil fuel expansion – to adequately address this crisis. We simply cannot save the planet without first protecting and strengthening our democracy."
#OilAndGasIndustry #ClimateCrisis #StopCopCity #ProtectTheForest #FreeDonziger #PardonDonziger
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The people of #Ecuador just made #ClimateJustice history. The world can follow
Voters won a huge battle with the #OilIndustry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy
by #StevenDonziger, August 31, 2023
"Days ago, voters in Ecuador approved a total ban on oil drilling in protected land in the #Amazon, a 2.5m-acre tract in the #Yasuní national park that might be the world’s most important #biodiversity hotspot. The area is a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve and home to two non-contacted #Indigenous groups. This could be a major step forward for the entire global climate justice movement in ways that are not yet apparent.
"This vote is important not only for Ecuador and for the Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní, who now have hope of living in peace in perpetuity. It is also a potential model for how we can use the democratic process around the world to help slow or even stop the expansion of fossil fuels to the benefit of billions of people.
"The Yasuní referendum proves that real democracy that respects the popular will can be a powerful tool for transitioning to a sustainable future. Ecuador’s state oil company, #Petroecuador, had been producing nearly 60,000 barrels a day in the Yasuní. It now must figure out how to dismantle its entire operation and go home. When in history has a popular vote ever forced an oil company to cease active drilling? Never.
"The Yasuní vote was not the result of a business decision made in a boardroom or government office. It was the product of two decades of #grassroots organizing by citizens and #activists like you and me. I know because I have been to Ecuador more than 250 times to work on a historic pollution case against #Chevron on behalf of the Indigenous people there. Many of the same Indigenous leaders and activists who helped fight Chevron organized the Yasuní vote.
"At the same time, the vote underscores how important it is to protect our increasingly fragile democracy. Without a robust democracy that allows citizens to place issues of critical importance on the ballot without the intermediation of elites, the Yasuní referendum never would have happened.
"The flipside is that powerful #OilAndGas companies understand the threat a real citizen-based democracy poses to their power. They fear a society where citizens can put referendums on the ballot without the approval of business leaders. Those of us in the climate movement often can’t even stop to focus on the connection between democracy and climate justice because we’re so focused on dealing with the immediate crises taking place before our eyes, such as the Maui fire.
"In the United States, it is not broadly known that the #FossilFuel industry quietly funds a national lobbying campaign that has introduced draconian #antiprotest bills in at least 18 states. These laws threaten anyone #protesting at an oil or gas facility with huge fines and serious prison sentences; some states even impose criminal liabilities on non-profit advocacy groups that support the protesters. These are really laws of intimidation designed to stop protest before it happens. And they are also manifesting in other countries including #Australia, the #UnitedKingdom and #Germany.
"As a result, many Americans who have committed #peaceful acts of non-violent #CivilDisobedience – central to the birth of our country and a cornerstone of our political tradition – now face decades in prison. In Atlanta, #Georgia, 42 people have been charged by prosecutors with 'domestic terrorism' for trying to save the city’s last green canopy in the #WeelauneeForest. Local police are trying to raze part of the forest to build a military-style police training academy, colloquially called “#CopCity”, that already resulted in the first police killing of a climate activist in US history. (The police have said that the activist, Manuel Paez #Terán, was used a weapon; activists dispute that claim.)
"The Atlanta cases represent a frightening escalation of attacks on #FreeSpeech and protest in the US. None of those charged – whom authorities accused mainly of vandalism and arson – committed a direct act of violence against another person. Nobody was injured other than the activist shot and killed by police while sitting in the forest.
"That this is happening in a city considered to be one of the cradles of the American civil rights movement shows just how entwined corporate and police power have become in their efforts to erode democratic rights.
"The prosecutions in Georgia are also occurring in a broader context where the right to vote has been seriously impaired. Voter suppression is now a regular feature in many US states, with ludicrous laws being passed to throw out votes. In this short century, two presidents have taken office in the US who did not win the popular vote. Votes are constantly thrown out for the thinnest of reasons, as journalists such as Greg Palast have meticulously documented.
On top of these threats to democracy at the state level, the US #supremecourt and its unelected, mostly #FarRight justices are weakening both our democracy and its ability to regulate the fossil fuel industry. The court has consistently approved measures like voter ID laws and felon disenfranchisement that make it more difficult for historically marginalized groups to vote. It has also, of late, decided its role is to strike down popular legislation, so who knows what they’d do to a popularly won ban on oil drilling.
"I am an #EnvironmentalJustice and #HumanRights lawyer, but one reason I spend significant time focused on issues of democracy is because I simply cannot do my work if our political system does not allow the political space to advocate freely. After I helped Indigenous peoples win a major pollution case in Ecuador, I was detained for almost three years in the US after being targeted with the nation’s first-ever corporate prosecution. My own case is a reminder that the normal rules of democracy can easily be suspended when entrenched economic interests face a serious enough threat to their bottom line.
"As I write this, a heat dome in the US sits over the entire midwest and is affecting 100 million people. Fires have destroyed millions of acres of land. A tropical storm just smacked southern California for the first time, and the historic town of Lahaina in Hawaii burned to the ground with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. In the meantime, the oil industry is reporting record profits, creating enormous incentives for a small group of powerful shareholders to maintain their power by shrinking our democratic space.
What the referendum in Ecuador teaches us is that democratic processes when coupled with strong grassroots organizing can produce startlingly effective results. Taking a cue from our friends in that brave country, the next major move for the climate justice movement could be to launch a national campaign to put the simple question presented in Ecuador before the American people in every state that allows citizens to place their own questions on the ballot. The question is whether we can vote to end the destruction of our planet by the burning of fossil fuels.
"It is clear we cannot trust either of the two major US political parties – both of which mostly support fossil fuel expansion – to adequately address this crisis. We simply cannot save the planet without first protecting and strengthening our democracy."
#OilAndGasIndustry #ClimateCrisis #StopCopCity #ProtectTheForest #FreeDonziger #PardonDonziger
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📌Otoño de resistencias: comienzan las giras de activistas medioambientales
https://carabanchel.net/otono-de-resistencias-comienzan-las-giras-de-activistas-medioambientales/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #biocombustibles #ecologistas #fracking #luchassociales #palma #resistencias #yasuni -
10 Jahre lang haben indigene Gemeinden und Naturschutzorganisationen einen intensiven Kampf in #Ecuador geführt. Trotz des eindeutigen Referendums ist es bis zum endgültigen Ende der #Erdölförderung noch ein langer Weg. #Yasuni #Erdöl #Kolonialismus #fossilfree
Den ganzen Artikel findet ihr hier: https://www.sozonline.de/2023/10/ecuador-sieg-fuer-die-artenvielfalt/
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#Lateinamerikanachrichten @lateinamerika_nachrichten
Neues Heft ist da!✨Gestern wurde fleißig verpackt und verschickt, damit ihr alle bald selbst die spannenden 48 Seiten in den Händen halten könnt! Schwerpunkt natürlich zum Jahrestag des Putsches #Chile, aber auch der Erfolg für #Yasuní und viel zu Wahlen in #Lateinamerika !
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Ecuadorians have voted to halt #oil drilling in a biodiverse Amazonian national park. The referendum result will protect the #Yasuní reserve, reaping huge benefits to a wide range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ #Indigenous peoples. @yachay_dc reports:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/21/ecuador-votes-to-halt-oil-drilling-in-amazonian-biodiversity-hotspot -
The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow
Days ago, voters in #Ecuador approved a total #ban on #oil #drilling in protected land in the Amazon, a 2.5m-acre tract in the #Yasuní national park that might be the world’s most important biodiversity hotspot.
The area is a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve and home to two non-contacted Indigenous groups.
This could be a major step forward for the entire global climate justice movement in ways that are not yet apparent.
This vote is important not only for Ecuador and for the #Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní, who now have hope of living in peace in perpetuity. It is also a potential model for how we can use the democratic process around the world to help slow or even stop the expansion of fossil fuels to the benefit of billions of people.
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"Wähler*innen in #Ecuador haben ein vollständiges Verbot von Ölbohrungen in geschützten Gebieten im Amazonasgebiet beschlossen: in einem 2,5 Mio Hektar-Gebiet im #Yasuní-Nationalpark, dem evtl wichtigsten Biodiversitäts-Hotspot der Welt."
Finally: a victory.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/ecuador-oil-drilling-ban-climate-solution -
Citizens of #Ecuador voted this week to halt the development of oil drilling in the #Yasuní national park in the #Amazon, the Guardian reported.
In what Climate Home News described as a “first of its kind” referendum, the Ecuadorian public voted 59%-41% to #ban #oil #exploitation in “one of the largest biodiversity hotspots on the planet”, which is “home to Indigenous people in voluntary isolation”.
OIL STAY PUT: The result will require #Petroecuador, Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, to close all of its active oil wells and remove all infrastructure from a portion of the national park within a year, reported Axios.
Petroecuador produces nearly 60,000 barrels a day from its current operations in the park, noted the Hill.
The advocacy group Amazon Watch said the decision would “permanently keep an estimated 1bn barrels of oil in the ground”.
SETTING AN EXAMPLE
The Spanish-language online magazine Climática reported that ethnic groups #Waorani, #Kichwa and #Shuar considered the referendum a victory and campaigners said that it was the first time Ecuador had “decided to defend life and leave the oil in the ground”.
Brazil’s civil-society organisations said they expected their country to follow Ecuador’s example, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported.