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Article

11 Oct 2001

Author:
Amazon Watch & Acción Ecológica

Women and Children Begin Blockades of Pipeline - Construction Crews in Threatened Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Reserve

Early this morning, dozens of women - many accompanied by their children - arrived in the Mindo Nambillo Cloud Forest Reserve and began peacefully blockading construction machinery belonging to the company Techint, a member of the OCP Consortium in charge of building Ecuador's new heavy crude pipeline. The protest aims to stop the clearing of the pipeline route which began last week through this protected area...The pipeline consortium includes Alberta Energy [now EnCana], Repsol-YPF, AGIP, Perez-Companc, Kerr-McGee and the Los Angeles based Occidental Petroleum...Groups are opposed to the construction of the pipeline given that the route directly impacts 11 protected areas and will lead to the doubling of oil production from National Parks and other protected areas in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Groups also cite ongoing environmental and public health problems with pipeline spills in Ecuador.