The Guardians of the Amazon: Yuturi Warmi’s Fight Against Gold Mining

 

Marie Eenens

In Ecuador, the Amazon rainforest is plagued by an intensifying gold rush undertaken both by illegal small-scale miners and foreign companies. These illegal activities impose significant environmental, social, and economic costs on local communities, which are already facing a high level of poverty. But there is a ray of hope: Yuturi Warmi, a group led by Indigenous women in the Serena community, has organised communal resistance to extractivism while paving the way for alternative living strategies.

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