Science, Culture, & Environment
and cultural survival through partnerships with indigenous peoples.
Fall 2007 (New)
updates/LLRCnews_2007-Fall.pdf
Fall 2006
updates/LLRCnews_2006-Fall.pdf
December 2005
updates/LLRCnews_2005-n2.pdf
Spring 2005
updates/LLRCnews_2005-n1.pdf
Winter 2004-05
updates/LLRCnews_2004_12.pdf
Other
Program News
OCTOBER
2007
Indigenous
Aquaculture Initiative is featured in El Comercio, one of
Ecuador's major daily newspapers (Spanish).
Journalists
traveled to the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve with Las Lianas' project
director Antonio Almeida and a group of Secoya fish farmers, to
observe and document the collection of wild fish for stocking and
reproducing in captivity. The goal is to preserve native fish while
creating a permanent food resource for the people of the Amazon.
http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=142201&id_seccion=8
JUNE
2007
News stories in the Ecuadorian press about our Indigenous Justice
project (Spanish).
Las
Lianas' partnership with ECUARUNARI (the Confederation of Quichua
Peoples of Ecuador) aims to document indigenous legal systems as part
of an effort to have these traditional practices for conflict
resolution incorported into the national legal system. Read news
reports (in Spanish) about this effort, led by Las Lianas' Bolívar
Beltrán, here.
JANUARY
2006
More publicity for our work on Oil
Companies and the Military
Las
Lianas' efforts to publicize the links between oil companies and the
Ecuadorian military are making an impact. For the latest, read an
independent report at:
DECEMBER 2005
Contracts
between
Oil Companies and the Military Cancelled
Last spring Las Lianas disclosed the existence of secret security
contracts between Ecuador’s army and oil companies. Our report was
distributed widely on the internet and gained a lot
of attention in Ecuador. Now, the Defense Ministry has announced that
it is annulling these
agreements and
plans to restructure the way it provides security to
the oil industry.
Media reports
suggest
that public outcry triggered by our revelation of the contracts played
a part in the
decision. We can’t yet say how much better the new plan will be, but we
are
pleased to have helped end the problematic security agreements. A news
report
in Spanish is available at:
www.terra.com/noticias/articulo/html/act293075.htm
NOVEMBER 2005
Indigenous lands and culture: Recently aquired satellite images
highlight the important role of indigenous cultures in preserving
rainforest.
OCTOBER 2005
Ancestral Lands: On
October 19th, the Shiwiar people followed the Achuar
(see June 05 news) to became the second indigenous nationality
to win official recognition from the Ecuadorian government through a
process
overseen by a council of representatives from each of Ecuador’s
indigenous peoples. Read more.
Indigenous Justice: Bolívar
Beltrán, Las Lianas’ Legal Director, spoke on Indigenous
Criminal Justice: From
Crime to Punishment at the XII Annual Meeting of Constitutional
Court
Justices of Latin America held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, October
10-14. His
talk will be published in the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s 2006
Yearbook of Latin-American
Constitutional Law.
SEPTEMBER 2005
Aquaculture: Las Lianas aquaculture
program is featured in the Fall newsletter of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Read
the article beginning on page three of the newsletter, available for
download at:
AUGUST 2005
Oil: Our article, Oil
Multinationals Privatize the Military in Ecuador, was published
by the journal Synthesis/Regeneration (n38, Fall 2005). Read it at:
www.greens.org/s-r/38/38-05.html
JUNE 2005
Ancestral Lands: The Achuar people were officially recognized by
the Ecuadorian government on June 7, becoming the first indigenous
nationality to utilize an innovative approach that grants legal
status while preserving cultural traditions. Read more.