Indigenous leaders convene in Ecuador to oppose Amazon extraction projects

Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities organized a parallel conference in the Amazon to coordinate against oil drilling, mining, and other threats to their territories, operating outside official government-hosted environmental forums.

First covered Sep 1, 2026 · 2:01 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

Indigenous leaders convene in Ecuador to oppose Amazon extraction projects — Image via insideclimatenews.org

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25d Inside Climate News The Amazon’s Defenders Declare a State of Emergency — PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city to lobby politicians at an…

Primary sources

fospaecuador.com Plan De Accion Xii Fospa Final (fospaecuador.com)

More coverage from around the web

news.mongabay.com Indigenous groups in Ecuador convene to talk resistance in the Amazon

mdpi.com Saving the Other Amazon: Changing Understandings of Nature and Wilderness among Indigenous Leaders in the Ecuadorian Amazon

amazonwatch.org Indigenous Communities and Social Movements Unite Against Mining in Ecuador’s Amazon | Amazon Watch

triplepundit.com TriplePundit • In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

otca.org Indigenous Leaders of the Amazon Gather in Ecuador as Part of the Amazon Regional Platform Creation Project - OTCA

Appeared in: 2026-09-02 (#16)

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