FOSPA // REPORTAGE – For generations, the Kichwa community has fished, bathed and fetched water from the Puyo River, which according to Ecuador’s constitution must be protected. But today, both sewage and garbage are discharged into the river. In Ecuador, nature is legally recognized as a subject with its own rights. The question is what those rights mean when a river is threatened with life.
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FOSPA // REPORTAGE – For generations, the Kichwa community has fished, bathed and fetched water from the Puyo River, which according to Ecuador’s constitution must be protected. But today, both sewage and garbage are discharged into the river. In Ecuador, nature is legally recognized as a subject with its own rights. The question is what those rights mean when a river is threatened with life.