Compelling ChevronToxico to clean up its mess in Ecuador's Amazon.

A dark chapter in the annals of oil extraction began in 1967, when Texaco, now Chevron Texaco, discovered commercially valuable oil in traditional indigenous territories in what is known as the Oriente region of Ecuador. This area is also known as the Ecuadorian Amazon, located in the Upper Amazon basin which covers portions of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The Ecuadorian Amazon is a biodiversity hot-spot containing one of the planet’s largest array of species, including 17% of the world’s bird species, large cats like the puma and jaguar, and at least 222 different orchids.