"Both the indigenous peoples, today recognised as individual nationalities, and all Ecuadorians, are people of peace, who strive for peace, and who want to live in peace. All these nationalities do not just strive for improvement, but we do it also for national and international interests.
The Yasuní and the Ecuadorian Amazon are of great importance. In 1979 it was declared a National Park of Ecuador, and ten years later a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Many scientists also consider it to be the most bio-diverse area of the world. In the Yasuní three indigenous nationalities coexist, the Waorani, Kichwa, and Shaur. However, everything is under threat because there is oil which lies underneath in the subsoil.
Economic growth, as a way of emerging from poverty and protecting an ecosystem will never be a real solution whilst this process of growth is not separated from the death of natural resources, from environmental contamination and the destruction of our cultures and people.
The indigenous people of the Amazon have their own proposals for conservation, change and sustainable development, but there remain people and sectors who do not want to accept this. Making these proposals known on an international level and looking for support in order that they might carry them out is a positive thing for everybody. Because of this I support campaigns such as ‘Yasuní Green Gold’.
Rosa C Alvarado
Human Rights Commite of Orellana, Ecuador
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