Leaders of Ecuadorean indigenous communities gathered in Quito on Thursday to demand the government comply with court orders to halt the use of hundreds of gas flares by oil producers in the country's Amazon.
The top court in oil-producing Sucumbios province said in mid-2021 that the use of flares by state oil company Petroecuador and private producers violated the right to health of nine local girls and their communities.
Flaring is a practice in which drillers burn natural gas that escapes from an oil well. Flaring wastes energy that could be utilized if captured instead of burned. Also, flaring is a dirty process that produces soot and other byproducts that escape into the atmosphere, contributing to local air pollution and global warming.
"We demand they remove the gas flare, no more pollution," said Alvarado, who was protesting outside the energy ministry with other leaders. A study by non-governmental organizations estimates the total number of flares in Ecuador's Amazon is 447.
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