ECUADOR'S WAORANI FIGHTS FOR THE AMAZON

Finally good news for the Amazon!!

The Waorani protected hectars of Amazon from oil drilling.

In April 2019 there was a court trial that saved 32,300 square kilometers (12,500 square miles) of Amazon Rain Forest and indigenous land from oil drilling in the southeast of the Ecuador. Experts say the drilling could have lead to contamination of the forest due to oil leaks, spills, and waste dumping.

Luckily this did not happen!!

The full article can be found: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/historic-win-by-ecuadors-waorani-could-re-shape-extraction-activities/

#10 YEARS CHALLENGE

Hello All,

at the beginning of this year we have all been attempted to this #10yearchallenge and for one minute I was it too but then those images caught my attention and I found them much more inspiring.

Good reflection on where we are going ... sadly !! 

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