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Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands? (insideclimatenews.org)

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In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling looms. A right to say no to unwanted development could revolutionize a consultation process used around the world.

“We reject this future. We want to shape our own destiny, to live well in our forests.” — Silvana Nihua, Kiwaro community

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