Nature is a Subject of Rights

Transcript

I have been working with the Yasuni National Park, a work in doing research and then working with all the initiatives of the Yasuni initiative to leave fossil fuels in the ground. And when that was taken away from us, I became a Yasunida and we collected the signatures as part of that amazing process that took ten years to finally, share that news again, because I feel that now is we’re towards the end of Climate Week, and we want to really leave with a feeling that is something is happening. And what I want to bring today is a message of hope and message that we’re doing it. That is happening really. And a month ago in August 20th in Ecuador, as you all know, we were able to, with 59% of the population, vote in favor of leaving fossil fuels in the ground, in the ITT-block. And that’s amazing to us. That same day, we actually were able to leave it to prohibit mining in my city in Quito, a forest mining in full-scale metal mining. And that’s because and I can say that with a lot of confidence, we have had 15 years of recognizing that nature is a subject of rights.