An artistic approach to visualize the 25 years long fight of people from Ecuador against mining on their land
Even though vast resources of metals lie under the surface of what is widely considered the country with the world’s richest biodiversity, Ecuador until today is largely untouched by mining operations.However the resistance against mining has taken it's toll: it has been long and at times bloody for the engaged groups - and the threat is more imminent than ever. But there is another approach, guided by the constitution of Ecuador that, as one of the few countries in the world, has the "Rights of Nature" embedded in its laws.
Nature has rights before the law and is not to be exploited by humans. So NGOs, scientists and locals try to protect the land based on the principle of "rights of nature": They gather evidence about endangered species that help fend off mining companies. With some success. This story is an artistic approach to visualizing the 25 years of fighting of people against mining and the attempts to find solutions through the law, engaging the „Rights of Nature“.
