The story behind this is that the Ecuadorean government tried to sell Amazon lands to oil companies for drilling. The Waorani, who live on those lands, took them to court over it, and they won.
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The ruling "has created a significant precedent for the Amazon," said Lina Maria Espinosa, attorney for the plaintiffs, outside court.
"It has been demonstrated that there was no consultation and that the state violated the rights of this people, and therefore of other peoples."
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-ecuador-amazon-tribe-victory-oil.html
I've been reading a little more about her and I think she's absolutely brilliant. Here's a little excerpt from a speech she gave (translated into English).
"More than anything, we learned that the company doesn’t see the forest. They don’t see us. They see what they want to see. They see oil wells where we see gardens. They see money where we see life.
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I know that the Waorani will win our fight to protect our forests. Because we are not alone. We are fighting together."
Full text here:
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/11/29/message-indigenous-resistance-and-inspiration-amazon
Her name, incidentally, means "many stars, face of the Sun". She mentions it in this short film about how the oil companies are ruining the forest, and the fight for clean water for her people.
Hey Dutch Shell get the FUCK out
toxicodendron radicans
packbats in existence
A dead body