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/ June 7, 2019

From Big Oil to Palm Oil:

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

Read more Nicolas Mainville

Chronicles

/ November 1, 2018

Stopping a gold rush in the Amazon:

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

Read more Nicolas Mainville

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/ October 24, 2018

An unprecedented legal victory for indigenous rights in Ecuador frees up huge swath of Amazonian rainforest from gold mining

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

Read more Nicolas Mainville

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/ October 18, 2018

The buzz on deforestation and vector-borne diseases in the Amazon

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

Read more Jena Webb

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/ October 5, 2018

Deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon:

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

Read more Nicolas Mainville

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/ September 4, 2018

The Kofan people ramp up the fight to protect one of the most biodiverse forests in the Amazon

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

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Chronicles

/ August 13, 2018

Historic indigenous legal victory against gold mining in the Amazon

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

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Chronicles

/ July 18, 2018

Sinangoe Takes Its Fight to the Courtroom

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

Read more Alex Goff

Chronicles

/ July 4, 2018

Hit & run from illegal miners:

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

Read more Nicolas Mainville

Chronicles

/ June 17, 2018

Bleeding the Flying River Dry: Deforestation, Climate Change and Drought in the Amazon

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

Read more Jena Webb

Chronicles

/ April 19, 2018

What Do We Know About How Oil Spills Affect Human Health? Not Enough.

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

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Chronicles

/ April 9, 2018

‘Our territory is our life’: one struggle against mining in Ecuador

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    

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