NGO Amazon Frontlines said the vote was a 'demonstration of climate democracy, where people, not corporations, get to decide on resource extraction and its limits.'
Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon reserve, according to the results Monday of a referendum hailed as a historic example of climate democracy.
A voter carries the ballot for a referendum on whether the country should ban oil operations in the Amazons during in a snap election in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.After years of demands for a referendum, the country's highest court authorized the vote in May to decide the fate of"block 43," which contributes 12 percent of the 466,000 barrels of oil per day produced by Ecuador.
The government of outgoing President Guillermo Lasso has estimated a loss of $16 billion over the next 20 years if drilling is halted.
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