![]() ![]() ![]() We certainly do not want to reach any extreme or use any violence, but we hold the Minister Ana Alban directly responsible for anything that may occur in this case. We will defend our land to the utmost, even if it involves losing our lives. If our ancestral lands are invaded, there will be confrontations. We are not going to abandon our homes and communities nor are we going to retreat a single step. We need our land for our livelihood and our survival. FCAE and its 22 centres have been granted a total of some 115,336 hectares of community land (under different kinds of deeds), located in the Provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi and Imbabura. They are all organized in the Federation of Awa Centres of Ecuador (FCAE), which is legally recognized by the Ecuadorian State. We have 22 legally established Awa centres (communities) in Ecuador. We have a unique culture and our own language “Awa pìt”. We Awa are an ancestral indigenous nation from the Northwest of Ecuador and the Southwest of Colombia. This resolution affects five Awa communities: Guadualito, Mataje, Balsareño, Pambilar and La Unión, involving 771 inhabitants and a territory of some 17,493 hectares. On 12 January 2007 the Minister of the Environment, Ana Albán modified the granting of Awa territory and set up a co-management regime between the indigenous Awa and Afro-Ecuadorian communities for the Parish of Ricaurte-Tululbí, Canton of San Lorenzo, Province of Esmeraldas. Under a new term, that of “co-management” it intends to hand over our ancestral territories and their natural resources to logging, oil palm and mining companies. The Ministry of the Environment is placing Ecuador’s indigenous territories in danger. The World Bank and Other Financial Institutions.Latin American Network Against Tree Plantations. ![]()
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