Indigenous Environmental Network : PETITION IN SOLIDARITY...WITH THE AFRO-ECUADORIAN ANCESTRAL COMMUNITY OF LA CHIQUITA AND THE AWÁ INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF GUADUALITO

31.1.16

WITH THE AFRO-ECUADORIAN  ANCESTRAL COMMUNITY OF LA CHIQUITA AND THE AWÁ INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF GUADUALITO

A PORTRAIT OF HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION: STOP THE INVISIBILIZATION!!!

In this moment the first civil court case in Ecuador and the world in defense of Nature is in process. In this case Nature is a subject of rights. She presents her demands together with us, two ancestral communities: the Afro-Ecuadorian community of La Chiquita and the Awá Indigenous community of Guadualito. Our communities are located in the Ecuadorian-Colombian border—Canton San Lorenzo (Esmeraldas Province)—located in the northwest region of the Ecuadorian coast.

With your signatures you join a collective appeal to the pertinent authorities of the Ecuadorian State, that through their administration of justice, the verdict constitutes a true paradigm shift in favor of the Rights of Nature and guarantees the future of the children and grandchildren of our communities.

In Solidarity and with Hope,

• The members of the Afro-Ecuadorian community,
  La Chiquita
• The Members of the Awá Indigenous community, Guadualito