The Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) has posted on social media:
“We accompanied Fedepesán [the Federation of Artisanal, Environmentalist, and Touristic Fishermen and Women of Santander] and Ecopetrol’s Environmental and Community Relations team on a reconnaissance visit to georeference strategic points along the Rosario, San Silvestre, and Palotal waterways.
This visit addressed the recurring environmental impacts identified and reported by local artisanal fishing communities. It also aims to encourage the company to conduct water and sediment quality analyses, strengthening inter-institutional efforts to protect and conserve these ecosystems.”
PBI-Canada visited the San Silvestre wetlands on June 30, 2022.
We have highlighted in previous articles the research available in the “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report” including this article from May 2022 and this article from March 2025.
Here we provide the most recent information from the 2025 Report (with amounts in millions USD).
We encourage the institutional investors in Ecopetrol – including the Toronto, Canada-based Scotiabank – to be aware of this situation and the need to strengthen efforts to protect and conserve ecosystems.
Peace Brigades International has accompanied CREDHOS since 1994.
