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Popular Consultation in Ecuador to save Yasuní

Sep 22, 2013 | Latin America, Petition

I'm writing to let you know about 'Popular Consultation in Ecuador to save Yasuni'. Take a moment to check it out on Indiegogo and also share it with your friends. All the tools are there. Get perks, make a contribution, or simply follow updates. If...

Popular Consultation in Ecuador to save Yasuní

Sep 19, 2013 | Latin America, Petition

Ecuador is in a process of a popular consultation to ask the government not to exploit the oil in Yasuni-ITT. We need 10 computers. Lets save the Yasuni!

Save Yasuní, the Last Wonder of the Amazon!

Sep 16, 2013 | Latin America, Petition

AVAAZ.org petitions Why this is important In Ecuador thousands of us have taken to the streets to protest President Rafael Correa's decision to drill in Yasuní-ITT. The area is the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet and the home to two of the last indigenous...

Letter Oilwatch – Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT

Sep 10, 2013 | Latin America, Statement

Oilwatch International 6 September 2013 Rafael CorreaPresidentRepublic of Ecuador Dear Mr. President Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT We are shocked by the announcement you made on 15 August 2013 that you would permit crude oil extraction in...

Oilwatch to Ecuadorian president: Keep oil firms out of Yasuni-ITT

Sep 6, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement

EnviroNews President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been urged by Oilwatch International not to permit the extraction of crude oil from Yasuni-ITT in order to protect the region from environmental damage. Correa In a recent correspondent to Correa, the...

Anti-fracking mobilization suppressed and indigenous houses burnt due to resistance over Chevron-YPF agreement

Aug 25, 2013 | Latin America, Statement

OPSUR The agreement [1] between Chevron and YPF needed Neuquén's parliament ratification due to federal sovereignty over natural resources. Since civil society's participation was not allowed at any stage, a pacific mobilization –organized by unions, mapuche...

Open letter to the National Assembly of Ecuador

Aug 14, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement

The fate of the Yasuni-ITT initiative supported by 90 per cent of the Ecuadorian population now rests with the National Assembly and what it decides to do or not to do. The Assembly has already made one decision by omission when it failed to denounce the environmental...

Global Action Day in support of Amazonian Peoples of Ecuador

Jul 16, 2013 | Latin America, Statement

**Against the XI Oil Bidding*/Day: 16th of July,/ in front of Ecuadorean embassies and diplomaticdelegations all over the world. It will be given a letter from social organisations and movements insolidarity with the struggles of amazonian peoples in Ecuador,...

Money Can’t Buy Environmental Justice

Jul 12, 2013 | Africa, Press Release, Statement

HomeF NORWICH DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Money Can't Buy Environmental Justice 10/07/2013 THIS DECLARATION EMERGED FROM A WORKSHOP HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA IN NORWICH, ENGLAND ON JUNE 20-22, 2013, ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE, AN...

Letter to the MEPS

Jul 1, 2013 | Global, Statement

Monday, 1st July 2013 To: Members of the European Parliament Brussels Dear Member of the European Parliament What MEPs should be debating instead of backloading As you prepare to vote again on the proposal to backload 900 million permits from the EU ETS, 42...