The long struggle against extractive industries
Oil has sought to enter our territory in at least nine prior consultation procedures.
La Cabaña
The La Cabaña exploratory drilling area was licensed in 2014 without prior consultation with the Inga People. Works began in 2015 and that same August it was suspended for lack of consultation. Ten years later there has been no restoration: a satellite assessment from October 2025, carried out with an allied organisation, shows compacted soil, trenches and grass where there was forest.
We demand that the dismantling and abandonment be subject to consultation, and a real restoration. The appeal we filed in November 2022 remains undecided. In August 2026 the company announced the sale of its business in Colombia and Ecuador. The transaction is subject to approvals and its closing is expected by the end of 2026. The sale does not extinguish the dismantling and restoration obligations, which remain the responsibility of whoever controls the company.
How it has unfolded
- 2014Licence without prior consultation.
- Aug. 2015Suspended after works began.
- Nov. 2022We appealed the decision on consultation; it remains undecided.
- Oct. 2025Satellite assessment: the site has not been restored.
- Aug. 2026The company announces the sale of its business in Colombia and Ecuador.
The oil chain in the territory
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Gran Tierra Energy in Inga territory
ACIMVIP map (September 2026, in English): blocks operated by Gran Tierra, wells registered in its name, the La Cabaña exploratory drilling area and the Trans-Andean Pipeline. Sources: National Hydrocarbons Agency, UPME, National Land Agency and DANE. Well records do not state whether a well is active, suspended or abandoned.
The consultations, community by community
The prior consultation procedures of the communities of the Inga People of Villagarzón. Prepared by ACIMVIP from the prior consultation files of each project; anything without minutes is marked «to be confirmed».
- La Cabaña · Gran Tierra
- Costayaco (two procedures) · Gran Tierra
- Moqueta Chaza · Gran Tierra
- Moqueta 3D Seismic · Gran Tierra (to be confirmed)
- Construction materials from the Mocoa River
- Management plan for the Mocoa River basin (to be confirmed)
- Moqueta 3D Seismic · Gran Tierra (to be confirmed)
- Alguacil 3D · Gran Tierra
- Costayaco · Gran Tierra
- Serranía de los Churumbelos National Park
- Management plan for the Mocoa River basin (to be confirmed)
- Alguacil 3D Seismic · Gran Tierra
- Alguacil 3D Seismic · Gran Tierra
- Alguacil 3D Seismic · Gran Tierra
- Campo Mirto · Emerald Energy (formalised without agreements, 2015)
- Campo Mirto · Emerald Energy (concluded, 2025)
- Ruta al Sur, Functional Unit 7
- Re-entry into the Mecaya 1 well · Gran Tierra (to be confirmed)
- Cabildo Alparumiyaco Alto San Juan Las Delicias, belonging to the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi
- Cachiacu Andaki Cabildo (Indigenous traditional authority), part of the Inga Indigenous Resguardo of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi
- Cabildo Atun Taita Ambi Upiadiru Indigenous
In 2019 the consultation on the Upper Putumayo basin plan was withdrawn without any stage having been carried out.
Appearing in this infographic does not mean non-compliance by anyone.
It is not a single project
The hydrocarbon prior consultation processes involving the communities of the Inga People of Villagarzón:
| Project | Company | Communities | Subject of the consultation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Cabaña, exploratory drilling area (Putumayo 1 block) | Gran Tierra Energy | San Miguel de la Castellana; within its sphere, Wasipungo, Blasiaku, Saladilloiaco and the shared Reserve | Consultation on the dismantling and real restoration | Suspended since 2015; not restored; appeal undecided since 2022 |
| Alguacil 3D Seismic | Gran Tierra Energy | Blasiaku, Saladilloiaco and Albania | Fulfilment of the formalised agreements | Under way |
| Moqueta 3D Seismic | Gran Tierra Energy | San Miguel de la Castellana and Wasipungo | Consultation and consent | Under way |
| Moqueta Chaza | Gran Tierra Energy | San Miguel de la Castellana | Consultation and consent | Under way |
| Costayaco (two procedures) | Gran Tierra Energy | San Miguel de la Castellana | Consultation and consent | One under way and one completed |
| Re-entry into the Mecaya 1 well | Gran Tierra Energy | Inga People of Villagarzón | Prior consultation | Completed |
| Campo Mirto, Maranta block | Emerald Energy | Albania and Musu Waira Sacha Nucanchipa | Prior consultation | With the Cabildo Musu Waira: concluded in February 2025, with the agreements fulfilled. With the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Albania: formalised without agreements in April 2015 |
Company according to the records of the Directorate of the National Authority for Prior Consultation. Appearing in this table does not mean non-compliance. Other acts requiring consultation (basin management, river materials, national park) are addressed in the Ancestral Territory.
Who stands with us
Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad in the tutela and the technical assessment of La Cabaña.
On video
14 videosThose who stand with us and those we hold to account
| Struggle | Stand with us | We hold to account / in relation to |
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| A2Oil and gas | Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad | Gran Tierra Energy · investorGran Tierra Energy · investor
Ministry of the Interior · Prior ConsultationMinistry of the Interior · Prior Consultation
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