For six years, we organized, documented and mobilized to stop mining in the headwaters of the Napo River, in the fragile transition Andes-Amazonia of Ecuador. Our communities faced pollution, violence and the slow disappearance of our way of life, even as we were told that this destruction was necessary for “development” and “energy transition.” In 2025, the indigenous organization and local groups achieved the suspension of alluvial mining thro…
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For six years, we organized, documented and mobilized to stop mining in the headwaters of the Napo River, in the fragile transition Andes-Amazonia of Ecuador. Our communities faced pollution, violence and the slow disappearance of our way of life, even as we were told that this destruction was necessary for “development” and “energy transition.” In 2025, the indigenous organization and local groups achieved the suspension of alluvial mining thro…