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For decades, the Ecuadorian Amazon has been the epicenter of one of the most polluting…

Facing the mounting pressures of the global race for gold and other metals across the…

On October 22nd 2018, the Kofan people of Sinangoe in the Ecuadorian Amazon won a…

Getting comfortable on my mat, after day of field work on the frontlines of deforestation…

When I started doing research on deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon back in 2001, it was almost…

In January 2018 the Ecuadorian Government concessioned off over 30,000 hectares of some of the…

In a lawsuit that will inspire and galvanize many other indigenous communities across the Amazon…

From December 2017 to February 2018, the Ecuadorian government granted more than 10 new gold…

The “fluorescent” orange water coming out of the ground and flowing towards the pristine headwaters…

Drought in the wettest place on Earth, you ask? How could this be? Alas, since…

Planes, trains and automobiles. Plastic, pesticides and polyester. Oil and gas have been the engine…

Original article from The Guardian available here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2018/apr/09/our-territory-our-life-struggle-mining-ecuador