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‘Leave the gold in the ground’: Ecuador’s forest guardians mobilise against illegal mining in Amazon
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With short amulet-covered spears made of blackened chonta palm, GIS mapping phones, walkie-talkies and wearing black and green uniforms, the A’i Cofán seem to merge into the jungle as they march silently down a path through their land.
In the absence of any state enforcement, the A’i Cofán of Sinangoe, a community of 300 people who live by hunting, fishing and farming, have decided to oppose mining in their corner of the pristine Amazon.
“We have a duty to our grandparents, our parents, who gave us this work to do,” says Alexandra Narváez, 33, the first woman to lead the A’i Cofán Indigenous guard and winner of the 2022 Goldman environmental prize.
Using camera traps designed to capture images of wild animals, the A’i Cofán have been able to record secretive forays by miners into their land, which they have used as evidence in a series of landmark legal victories.
It was the culmination of a complex legal battle that began in 2017, blazing a trail for others to follow, says Jorge Acero, a lawyer for the enviromental organisation Amazon Frontlines, who represented them in court.
Young people are encouraged to join the guardians and continue the customs and the connection with nature, says Alex Lucitante, who won the Goldman environment prize alongside Narváez.
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