#extraction

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Oh, I'm much worse.

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Civilian extraction

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No Man's Land

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HOW MUCH DO YOU HATE?

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Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests

PAKAYAKU TERRITORY, Ecuador — Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza provi

For generations, the Pakayaku community in Ecuador’s Amazon has successfully kept unsustainable mining, logging and oil extraction activities out of forests while preserving their cultural traditions and ecological knowledge.

Mongabay visited the community to see their guardian program, made up of 45 women warriors who constantly patrol 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres) of rainforest to detect incursions — which few have been allowed to witness firsthand.

The community created a “plan of life” map that details their vision, identity and economic alternatives to extraction.

Leaders worry Ecuador’s concentration on courting international investment in sectors like mining and natural gas could threaten the forests.