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For decades, the Ecuadorian Amazon has been the epicenter of one of the most polluting oil operations of all times….

Facing the mounting pressures of the global race for gold and other metals across the globe, it’s not everyday that…

On October 22nd 2018, the Kofan people of Sinangoe in the Ecuadorian Amazon won a landmark legal battle to protect…

Getting comfortable on my mat, after day of field work on the frontlines of deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, I…

When I started doing research on deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon back in 2001, it was almost impossible to get a clear…

In January 2018 the Ecuadorian Government concessioned off over 30,000 hectares of some of the most bio-diverse rainforest in the…

In a lawsuit that will inspire and galvanize many other indigenous communities across the Amazon for years to come, the…

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

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

Drought in the wettest place on Earth, you ask? How could this be? Alas, since 2005, the Amazon has experienced…

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

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