Summary
A constitutional injunction was presented to stop a project to widen the Vilcabamba-Quinara road, which was depositing large quantities of rock and excavation material in the Vilcabamba River. The plaintiffs, Richard Frederick Wheeler and Eleanor Geer Huddle claimed that the project violated rights of nature. The court ruled in favor of nature and declared that the Provincial Government of Loja should have provided certain proof that the widening of the road would not affect the environment. It ordered the Provincial Government of Loja must present a remediation and rehabilitation plan of the Vilcabamba River. It also ruled the defendant must publicly apologize in the local newspaper.