'It is also a reminder for oil companies and investors that expanding oil extraction in Ecuador's Amazon is a risk and full of potential legal liabilities,' said Amazon Watch's climate and energy director.
"a major victory for Indigenous peoples and an important step in protecting some of the most environmentally fragile and culturally sensitive places in the Amazon."
The government of former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno asked the public seven questions in February 2018. One was about expanding the Zona Intangible Tagaeri-Taromenane —a protected area created for the Tagaeri and Taromenane—and reducing oil extraction in Yasuní National Park.More than 67% of the population voted yes, and many thought this created a legal tool in which to claim more rights for nature and Yasuní.
Tarsicio Granizo, who was the environment minister during the referendum and worked with the Moreno government on the question, toldthat only low-impact activities are permitted in the buffer zone and the oil platform clause wasn't part of the initial plan. "Although the court leaves aside many very important aspects of the case by declaring it unconstitutional only for questions of form and not of substance," Bermeo added,"it is a major victory for all of us who dedicate ourselves to the defense of… the Yasuní."
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