Amnesty International urged authorities in Ecuador on Wednesday to implement a court ruling mandating the elimination of oil industry gas flares near populated areas in the Amazon and the provision of reparations to affected communities. It ordered the progressive elimination of gas flares in the Ecuadorian Amazon, beginning with those located near populated areas. Additionally, Petroecuador stated that compliance with the plan of elimination of gas flares depends on operational conditions and the possibility of losses in oil production. According to Amnesty International, making the elimination of gas flares conditional prioritises the economic interests of the industry over human rights and environmental protection in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In March 2026, a rights group found that Ecuador failed to protect indigenous peoples from the impacts of oil drilling pollution.