In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk
iving on the banks of the Bobonaza River, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Indigenous communities in Sarayaku have always lived in harmony with nature. The rainforest, says Patricia Gualinga, is a sacred, conscious being.
And, for seismic prospecting, it laid 1.43 tonnes of pentolite high explosive for seismic prospecting across 20 sq km of Indigenous territory.Local people fear the pentolite, which is buried underground and is in an unknown number of places around the forest floor, could explode at any time and say it blocks full access to their land, puts them at risk and threatens the forest itself.
“Ecuador prioritises the oil industry over its people’s rights,” says Melo. “Transnational companies act as partners of the state.” Gualinga thinks the victory at the IACHR will make “any company think twice before entering our territory”. However, she still worries about the impact of the remaining explosives on her people’s way of life.
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