Legislative Today

03/16/2023

The Rights of Nature in Equador

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Intag Valley in Ecuador, a haven for biodiversity, is under threat - sign the open letter today to show your support for local communities and the rights of nature. https://www.rewild.org/support-intag-valley

Hearings to determine the future of Intag Valley, where local communities are fighting a large-scale copper mining project that threatens their home, have been repeatedly postponed.

We implore that judges from the Imbabura provincial court honor their commitment to visit Intag, to hear testimony from the people who rely on the area for their freshwater and livelihoods, and to witness first hand the essence of this irreplaceable place, home to unique and threatened wildlife including the Longnose Harlequin Toad, once considered extinct until its remarkable rediscovery.

We will continue to stand with the communities of Intag until the rights of nature, as outlined in the Ecuadorian constitution, have been upheld.

El valle de Íntag en Ecuador, un paraíso para la biodiversidad, está amenazado. Firma hoy la carta abierta para mostrar tu apoyo a las comunidades locales y a los derechos de la naturaleza.

Las audiencias para determinar el futuro del Valle de Intag, donde las comunidades locales están luchando contra un proyecto de minería de cobre a gran escala que amenaza su hogar, se han pospuesto en repetidas ocasiones.

Imploramos a los jueces de la Corte Provincial de Imbabura que cumplan con su compromiso de visitar Intag, que escuchen los testimonios de las personas que dependen de la zona para provision de agua dulce y mantenimiento de sus medios de subsistencia, y sean testigos de primera mano de la importancia de este lugar irremplazable, hogar de una vida silvestre única y amenazada, incluido la rana arlequín de nariz larga, considerada extinto hasta su redescubrimiento.

Seguiremos apoyando a las comunidades de Íntag hasta que se respeten los derechos de la naturaleza consagrados en la Constitución ecuatoriana.



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President Joe Biden
Federal Communications Commission
The U.S. Department of the Treasury

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Constance Lov Johnson
Public Administrator

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Thanks to the incredible leadership of Ecuador’s provincial government of Morono Santiago and four Indigenous nationalities, the country has established one of the largest nature reserves in the Amazon region this month. The Tarímiat Pujutaí Nuṉka Reserve (which translates to ‘Territory for Well-being’ in the Shuar Indigenous language) covers more than 3 million acres of the Andean and Amazonian forests in Ecuador.

The new reserve is in the Morona Santiago province, which includes the territories of the Shuar and Achuar Indigenous communities, who have guarded these forests for thousands of years. Its creation recognizes the territorial rights of the Shaur and Achuar peoples and allows them to protect and manage the area according to their collective traditions, while supporting sustainable livelihoods.
The reserve overlaps with the Cordillera de Kutukú, Cordillera del Condor, Co**ha and Territorio Achuar Key Biodiversity Areas, places that are critical to the planet’s persistence of biodiversity. The region is home to more than 1,000 bird species, the Near Threatened Jaguar, and the Vulnerable Spectacled Bear and Lowland Tapir. It is also one of the country’s wildlands with the most plant species found nowhere else in the world.

In addition to the Shuar and Achuar communities and the provincial government of Morona Santiago, this victory was made possible by the technical assistance of and Culture International, and the financial support of Amazon Fund, Wyss Foundation, Art into Acres, Bezos Earth Fund, ’s International Climate and Forest Initiative - NICFI, NORAD, and .

Photo by Naturaleza and Cultura Internacional NCI