by oilwatch | Sep 6, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
EnviroNews President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been urged by Oilwatch International not to permit the extraction of crude oil from Yasuni-ITT in order to protect the region from environmental damage. Correa In a recent correspondent to Correa, the...
by oilwatch | Aug 25, 2013 | Latin America, Statement
OPSUR The agreement [1] between Chevron and YPF needed Neuquén’s parliament ratification due to federal sovereignty over natural resources. Since civil society’s participation was not allowed at any stage, a pacific mobilization –organized by unions,...
by oilwatch | Aug 14, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
The fate of the Yasuni-ITT initiative supported by 90 per cent of the Ecuadorian population now rests with the National Assembly and what it decides to do or not to do. The Assembly has already made one decision by omission when it failed to denounce the environmental...
by oilwatch | Jul 16, 2013 | Latin America, Statement
**Against the XI Oil Bidding*/Day: 16th of July,/ in front of Ecuadorean embassies and diplomaticdelegations all over the world. It will be given a letter from social organisations and movements insolidarity with the struggles of amazonian peoples in Ecuador,...
by oilwatch | Jul 12, 2013 | Africa, Press Release, Statement
HomeF NORWICH DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Money Can’t Buy Environmental Justice 10/07/2013 THIS DECLARATION EMERGED FROM A WORKSHOP HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA IN NORWICH, ENGLAND ON JUNE 20-22, 2013, ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE, AN...