Item Type
Journal Article
Abstract Note
Petroleum extraction by oil companies has caused extensive damage to the Ecuadorian Amazon and as a result local indigenous populations have suffered the most. Oil rights have changed control often in Ecuador, but policy makers have yet to address the environmental and social impacts caused by the oil extraction.
Date
Fall and Winter 1993
Issue
3,4
Pages
19-20
Publication Title
Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC)
Title
Oil Companies Take Over the Ecuadorian Amazon
Volume
7