Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SavingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SavingCarbonSinks</span></a>: Ecuadorian social <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/movements" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movements</span></a> have bypassed pro-extractivist <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicians</span></a> with a national <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/referendum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>referendum</span></a> to keep <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oil</span></a> from Block 43 also known as “Yasuní ITT,” a concession in the deepest part of the Amazonian protected Yasuní National <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Forest</span></a>, in the ground. While movements around the world have successfully achieved <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mining</span></a> moratoria, this is an important new strategy for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rights</span></a> activists.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RightsOfNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RightsOfNature</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SafeguardTheCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SafeguardTheCommons</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/YasuniITT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YasuniITT</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nacla.org/ecuador-yasuni-oil-historic-referendum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nacla.org/ecuador-yasuni-oil-h</span><span class="invisible">istoric-referendum</span></a></p>