Ecuador: CONAIE warns of social and environmental risks of mining and energy bill

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On Monday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) raised alarm over the mining and energy bill promoted by President Daniel Noboa’s government. The organization criticized the Organic Law project for strengthening strategic sectors, which the executive sent as an urgent economic initiative now under debate in the National Assembly. Indigenous leaders argue that the proposal accelerates extractive investments without guaranteeing prior, free, and informed consultation, a right enshrined in Ecuador’s Constitution and international human rights treaties.    #teleSUREnglish #Ecuador #CONAIE #Mining #Energy #IndigenousRights #Environment

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00:00Moving on to Ecuador. On Monday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities, CONAE, warned of the social and environmental risks of the Mining and Energy Bill, promoted by President Daniel Novoa's government.

00:12The organization expressed alarm regarding the Organic Law Project, forced to aeronate the strategic mining and energy sectors, which the Executive Center's Energy and Economic Initiative and which the National Assembly is already processing.

00:26The Indigenous Movement claims that the proposal prioritizes accelerating extractive investments without ensuring prior free and informed consultation, which is a right recognized in the Ecuadorian Constitution and international human rights treaties.

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