Facebook Twitter Pinterest The mining site recently discovered by the A’I Cofan upriver from Sinangoe. Neither scientist said he was previously aware of the mining concession or operations upriver. According to Alex Lucitante, the A’I Cofan federation Nacionalidad Originaria A’I Kofan del Ecuador (NOA’IKE) is “extremely concerned” about the concessions. “I’m not just speaking as an A’I Cofan leader, but thinking of the other indigenous nationalities living along the Aguarico,” he says. This happened after just three months monitoring, once the A’I Cofan realised how many people were invading.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2018 15:20 UTC