Could the ‘rights of nature’ save Yasuní and keep its oil in the ground? By CDER’s Mari Margil & Hugo Echeverría

Written By Mari Margil

Squirrel monkeys are one of the myriad creatures of Yasuní National Park. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

Read the opinion piece in Mongabay, by Mari Margil and Hugo Echeverría of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER), on the democratic and environmental crisis in Ecuador as citizens seek to keep a billion barrels of oil in the ground in the Amazon.

The rights of nature, CDER writes, can be key to protecting the Amazon, and defending the democratic rights of the people of Ecuador. Read the full article here.

Mari Margil
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