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Witness History: Protectors of the Amazon

 
 

Witness History: Protectors of the Amazon

In 2003, the indigenous Sarayaku community of the Ecuadorian Amazon began a legal battle against an oil company. They were fighting to protect their land. And eventually won.

Platform: BBC World Service
Language: English
Listen: BBC Sounds

Photo cred: Alexey Yakovlev