The Amazonian tribespeople who sailed down the Seine – video
by Marc Silver, Emiliano Battista and Charlie Phillip from Environment | The Guardian on (#X8YR)
The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe in the 'living forest', where humans, animals and plants live in harmony. They are fighting oil companies who want to exploit their ancestral land. A delegation of indigenous people are at the Paris COP21 climate conference to make sure their voices are heard. Can they win their battle?
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