Some of the people who may be directly affected by plans for sustainable development live along the Amazon river. Gabriel Elizondo took a six-day journey along the waterway to visit them, and hear their thoughts on Rio+20.
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Some of the people who may be directly affected by plans for sustainable development live along the Amazon river. Gabriel Elizondo took a six-day journey along the waterway to visit them, and hear their thoughts on Rio+20.
Thirteen years ago today, Indigenous peoples and other Amazonian inhabitants made climate justice history in Ecuador when, after 18 years of legal battles, they won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corporation.
Thousands of Indigenous people and their allies came together to form the 20th Free Land Camp, a major annual mobilization that strives to amplify the voices and resistance of Indigenous peoples.
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