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Resolution 23: Involving Ecuador’s Indigenous Peoples in the Decision Making For Extractive Industry / Suspender concesiones extractivas dentro de los territorios de los pueblos indigenal del Ecuador

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WHEREAS

• The territories of the native peoples of Ecuador are the last remnants of the country’s Wilderness

• Petroleum, mining and wood extraction concessions are deteriorating these forests, finishing off the wild fauna, polluting the sources of clean water and the soil, and deteriorating all of the area’s natural qualities, therefore destroying the ecosystems

• The activities of the extractive concessions also affect society, doing away with the lifestyles of the native peoples who traditionally have used sustainable wood resources

• In general, extractive concessions degrade the condition of the territories of the native people of Ecuador and their capacity for sustainable development

THEREFORE

• The WILD9 delegates recognize the importance of wilderness for the wellbeing of human populations

• We also recognize that in actual fact native peoples are not always taken into account

• We recognize that native peoples should be taken into account within their wilderness areas AS PRIMARY PLAYERS because native peoples around the world have been doing conservation work for centuries.

RESOLUTION

• The WILD9 Congress resolves to ask the government of Ecuador to:

▪ Respect and make sure others respect the constitutional rights of native people within their territories as well as the native people’s cultural identity

▪ Provide assistance for the conservation of wilderness in native territories

▪ Consider legally recognizing landholding by the native people located within Ecuador’s protected areas

PROPOSER:

• Luis Narváez Córdoba
President of the Cofán Nation of Ecuador

SECONDERS:

• Herculano Nava Batista
President of the Tarahumara Supreme Council

• Beatriz Padilla
Painting Expeditions for Nature Conservation

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