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Indigenous leaders at The Cop asked for a moratorium of Oil exploitation in the Amazon

A report presented at COP25 says that the plans are in place for a major expansion of the Oil holes in the upper Amazon.

The analysis says that Ecuador and Peru are set to sanction, Oil -extraction, The Forest land area the size of Italy.

the Indigenous leaders from both countries traveled to Madrid to demand a moratorium on the use of Oil .

they say that with The Five billion barrels under The Forest damage would cause, the region and The World .

The area in question is known as The Sacred headwaters of the upper Amazon river and covers around 30 million hectares (74 million acres) in Ecuador and Peru .

Oil production in the Amazon was associated with serious environmental problems

The region is home to about 500,000 Indigenous people from 20 nationalities, and is a hotspot of biodiversity

But a report that says the action group, Amazon Watch , that Ecuador and Peru are active to extend to the planning, extraction and auction of new Oil blocks in the area.

Right now, this is a pristine area with few roads. The Indigenous people have title to these countries, and in the area of different peoples living in voluntary isolation. Activists fear that if the Oil blocks to be sold, it will be built New Roads , and the illegal logging, deforestation, and poor results for The Residents of the region.

Ecuador is due to leave the OPEC Oil consortium in the year 2020, so that it is to increase the Oil production. The country is Under Pressure from China to Oil supply because of the financial debt.

"It's about $14bn, that Ecuador owes China now, and that's a big part of the drive to expand production and find new Oil ," said Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch , the author of The Report .

"in addition, there are over $6bn in hidden liabilities in this Oil -for-loans deals between PetroChina and Petro Ecuador, the Ecuador, the payment in barrels of Oil . "

It is estimated that around five billion barrels of oils in the upper Amazon region, this would correspond to two billion tonnes of CO2.

now, around 50% of the current production from the western Amazon goes to California

The contribution was presented at The Cop highlight the hypocrisy of countries, including China, says Kevin Koenig.

fought by Indigenous protesters in Ecuador against Oil development for a long time

"All of these countries are declarations about the reduction of emissions, Ecuador and Peru , the declarations on the protection of the Amazon-but what we see is a very different plan for the extension of the extraction, there is a gap between the to commit what countries and what you actually do projects, in terms of fossil fuel expansion. "

the Indigenous leaders press for a moratorium on drilling - they say the Oil in the earth.

"We have the protection of our forests. We always have a lot of Oil companies," said Sandra Tukup, an Indigenous leader from Ecuador.

"We ask for a model of development aligned with climate science, which thrive on the respect of our rights and allows our forests to continue to. "

Others stress the importance of the Amazon region for the entire world. You think it could help push the global temperatures of the past 1. 5C, a level beyond which the scientists believe, it could have dire consequences for the earth.

"The World needs to understand that the Amazon is on Brazil, and that us, the Indigenous of Peru and Ecuador, working hand-in-hand with governments and philanthropists in The Creation of a new economic model for the Amazon rain forest," said Lizardo Cauper, from Peru .

Reflects the extent of the violence, many Indigenous peoples from the Amazon region of life, a delegation of More Than 20 Brazilian leaders held a protest at The Cop against the killing of Two People on Saturday.

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Source of news: bbc.com