The Ayoreo who live in the Amazon Forest are being displaced due to cattle ranchers. Some Ayoreo have already moved out of the forest with relatives remaining inside. Below is a video interview with some who have left and their concern for their relatives. Notice how these Ayoreo now dress like Americans since leaving the forest instead of their traditional attire.
The ranchers plan to bulldoze a huge section (map in video) of Ayoreo's forest, making 2/3 cattle ranch and 1/3 will be a 'nature preserve!' Yep. The Ayoreo's home will become a ranch and preserve, making the Ayoreo "conservation refugees."
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Court: Chevron Owes $8 Billion for Amazon Destruction
On Monday, a court in Ecuador told Chevron it owes $8 billion for environmental contamination in the Amazon. Chevron is calling the decision “illegitimate and unenforceable.”
This is Ecuador, where oil companies wield economic power and political influence. Yet, this didn’t cloud the court’s independent eye when faced with the facts of uncovered toxic waste pits in the pristine Amazon.
This is Chevron, a private, American corporation. Yet this didn’t stop the Ecuadorian court from making Chevron, a foreign company, pay for 26 years of environmental damage in Ecuador.
This is Ecuador, where oil companies wield economic power and political influence. Yet, this didn’t cloud the court’s independent eye when faced with the facts of uncovered toxic waste pits in the pristine Amazon.
This is Chevron, a private, American corporation. Yet this didn’t stop the Ecuadorian court from making Chevron, a foreign company, pay for 26 years of environmental damage in Ecuador.
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