The Amazon is not for sale — crashing an oil sale, Canada

18.4.13

Indige­nous allies crashed a pri­vate meet­ing in Cal­gary that was orga­nized by the gov­ern­ment of Ecuador to pro­mote its upcom­ing 11th Round of oil con­ces­sions. The oil auc­tion, announced last Novem­ber, includes vast swathes of ter­ri­to­ry tra­di­tion­al­ly used by 5 Indige­nous nation­al­i­ties in the Ama­zon region. At the meet­ing, the allies deliv­ered a dec­la­ra­tion on behalf of the affect­ed Indige­nous Peo­ples that they do not con­sent to oil drilling on their lands. The meet­ing was attend­ed by Ecuadore­an gov­ern­ment offi­cials, Cana­di­an investors and oil-com­pa­ny exec­u­tives.