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Conference for Water and Pachamama

Posted 28 July 2011 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Citizen Action, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade, Right-to-Know & Communications Rights, South America | No Comments

Nearly two thousand activists explored extractivism over three days in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, at the Continental Conference for Water and Pachamama, debating the problems created by the extractive model and possible alternatives. The Conference Ethics Tribunal condemned militarization and the criminalization of protest, which are integral parts of the extractive model.