Carwil Bjork-James on Nostr: Ecuadorians have approved ending #oil exploitation in Block 43, overlapping with the ...
Ecuadorians have approved ending #oil exploitation in Block 43, overlapping with the megabiodiverse #Yasuni National Park, home to #Waorani #indigenous people.
Early results show 59% support for the referendum, completing a decade-long campaign to end oil development in the area.
Fmr president Rafael Correa had proposed that wealthy countries should pay Ecuador to preserve the park, but now the country's citizens have done so on their own.
https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2023/08/20/el-si-gana-ampliamente-en-la-consulta-del-yasuni-itt/
https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/08/17/espanol/ecuador-consulta-yasuni.html
Early results show 59% support for the referendum, completing a decade-long campaign to end oil development in the area.
Fmr president Rafael Correa had proposed that wealthy countries should pay Ecuador to preserve the park, but now the country's citizens have done so on their own.
https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2023/08/20/el-si-gana-ampliamente-en-la-consulta-del-yasuni-itt/
https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/08/17/espanol/ecuador-consulta-yasuni.html