Translating Worlds, Defending Land: Collaborations for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Politics in Amazonia

by Casey High

Book Overview

In 2019, after decades of ecological damage from oil, Waorani people took to the streets of Amazonian Ecuador to protest drilling on their ancestral lands. Working with international activists, lawyers, and other Indigenous groups, they successfully sued the government for selling oil concessions without prior consent. Placing their struggle for territorial autonomy in the global spotlight, this unprecedented legal victory for environmental rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503641465
• ISBN13: 9781503641464
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages