british petroleum (bp) oil spill in the gulf of mexico rights of nature tribunal january17, 2014...
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BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) OIL SPILL
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
RIGHTS OF NATURE TRIBUNALJanuary17, 2014Quito, Ecuador
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The Catastrophe
On April 20, 2010 the exploration platform of the Deepwater Horizon, which BP operated with the Swiss firm Transocean, suffered an explosion.Two days later, it sunk. Only in July 2010 did the disastrous spill stop.
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BP Oil Spill inThe Gulf of Mexico
The spill affected the ocean, the atmosphere, the marine life, the coast of the United States, Mexico and the northern Caribbean Ocean.
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The Oil Spill
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The Oil Spill
Between12,000 and 19,000 barrels of oil spilled per day
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatened the extinction of at
least 7 species.
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Mockingbird
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Blue Tuna of the North Atlantic
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Marine turtle
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Tiger shark
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Dolphins
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Pelicans
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One of the smallest seahorses
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Ma of the Sargasso
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Marine grasses
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Mangroves
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Micro-bios
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The effects of the chain of actions
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Rights of Nature under Ecuador’s Constitution• To exist, maintain and regenerate their vital cycles, structures, functions and evolutionary processes (Art. 71)•To defend and have the information to defend (Art. 71) •To integral restoration (Art. 72)•To caution (Art. 73)•To the conditions that permit “sumak kawsay”, meaning “buen vivir” or “good life” (Art. 74)
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RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
• BP Executives
• The Government of the United States
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Demands
• Information• Restoration• Monitoring• Compensation• No repeated spills
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Kogi creation myth:First there was the sea. Everything was dark. There was no sun, no moon, no people, animals, or plants. Only the sea was everywhere. The sea was the mother .... She was the spirit of what was to come and was thinking and memory.