Actor Leonardo DiCaprio shared a video made by the Waorani
People and NGO Amazon Frontlines. He urged his more than 32 million Instagram
followers to stand with the tribe by taking selfies to express their support
and signing a petition.
Earlier
this year, the Waorani People of Pastaza — who have lived in the Ecuadorian
Amazon rainforest for generations — won a case to save their land. But this was
just one battle, and the war against the oil companies that seek to take it
away is yet to be won.
To
ensure the Waorani People’s victory isn’t overturned, the indigenous tribe
is asking for support from the modern world, via the most modern form of
communication — selfies.
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