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South-western Ecuador, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse areas on the planet, is under threat from open-cast copper and gold mining, and extensive oil exploration contracts that will destroy vast areas of old-growth rainforest and displace entire groups of indigenous people.

Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest

Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest

MAPS OF

ECUADOR

Detailed maps about the main facilities of the Mirador project in Ecuador.

PROTECT ECUADOR

Lots of us think that the issue is to far away from home so this will not affect me. The world is interconnected in such way that no matter how far away the problem is, it affects us all.
If we don’t do something now it will be too late.

20%

The Amazon Rainforest produces over 20% of the world’s oxygen.

2/3

2050

Over two-thirds of all the fresh water on earth is found within the Amazon basin.

It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be no Rainforest left for us to save.

MIRADOR MINE

FACTSHEET

Review the facts about the Mirador Mining project in Ecuador.

THE MIRADOR MINE

The destruction of the Amazon Rainforest affects us all.

The government of Ecuador has allowed foreign mineral and oil companies to plan and begin to carry out highly destructive and polluting extraction techniques on millions of acres of pristine forest in the provinces of Morona Santiago and Zomora-Chinchipe.

These projects will cause irreparable damage to huge tracts of virgin Amazon rainforest. These projects violate both Ecuadorian Domestic law and International Human Rights law.

These projects are being pursued without the agreement of the indigenous peoples, whose lands and sacred sights stand to be violated. This is contrary to the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and contrary to the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008 which also enshrines The Rights of Nature.

Vast tracts of Southern Ecuador are now being opened to oil concessions as the Government desire to double their oil production. The President, in his election manifesto, has stated that he will exploit Ecuador’s mineral and oil resources to gain revenue for his country.

LEGAL ACTIONS

DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

English translation of our case

Steve Emerman’s Report

Legal Update from March 2019

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