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BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. RIGHTS OF NATURE TRIBUNAL January17, 2014 Quito, Ecuador. The Catastrophe. On April 20, 2010 the exploration platform of the Deepwater Horizon, which BP operated with the Swiss firm Transocean, suffered an explosion.

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BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

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  1. BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) OIL SPILLIN THE GULF OF MEXICO RIGHTS OF NATURE TRIBUNAL January17, 2014 Quito, Ecuador

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. The OilSpill

  5. The Oil Spill Between12,000 and 19,000 barrels of oil spilled per day

  6. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatened the extinction of at least 7 species.

  7. Mockingbird

  8. Blue Tuna of the North Atlantic

  9. Marine turtle

  10. Tiger shark

  11. Dolphins

  12. Pelicans

  13. One of the smallest seahorses

  14. Ma of the Sargasso

  15. Marine grasses

  16. Mangroves

  17. Micro-bios

  18. The effects of the chain of actions

  19. 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)

  20. RESPONSIBLE PARTIES • BP Executives • The Government of the United States

  21. Demands • Information • Restoration • Monitoring • Compensation • No repeated spills

  22. 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.

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