I rarely post or reblog more than a few of all the requests and protests I receive. This has just come through via the IPSG (Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers).
Brief synposis:
- The Ecuadorian government has recently detained several environmental leaders, and is threating more with the same charges of terrorism.
- They shut down one very well-respected environmental organization earlier this year (Pachamama Foundation) and others know their existence is in danger.
- The lack of transparency, accountability and fair play in the process that is currently happening to (in)validate the 700,000+ signatures collected asking for a general referendum so the Ecuadorian citizens can vote on whether or not to drill for oil in Yasuni is astounding. I have a lot of friends involved in that effort and they have witnessed first-hand how government officials have "disappeared" certain documents which will invalidate thousands of signatures, making the Consulta a no-go, when the legal process to convoke a Consulta has been followed.
- Drilling for oil in Yasuni is an issue of environmental and human rights concern as it is not only one of the most biodiverse places in the world, but there are 2 indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation there - it is their territory.
- Many of my friends have received threatening phone calls from government or military sources.
- Heres is up to the minute info on what´s happening around the Yasuni issue here: https://www.facebook.com/
YASunidos?ref=br_tf.
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