Ecuador signs permits for oil drilling in Amazon’s Yasuni national park Companies could start extracting oil underneath key biodiversity reserve on Earth by 2016 Published in The Guardian by Adam Vaughan on Continue Reading →
In Ecuador, oil boom creates tension Published in the Washington Post on February 16 by Nick Miroff View photo gallery In YAWEPARE, Ecuador — An oil pipeline runs through this village Continue Reading →
Ecuador’s Yasuní Biosphere Reserve is the most biodiverse rainforest on earth, containing more species of frogs and toads than the total number in the US and Canada combined. Despite Yasuní’s Continue Reading →
From NEWSWEEK by Bethany Horne Original story link: http://www.newsweek.com/after-all-people-we-killed-we-felt-dizzy-225424 A massacre, a twice-kidnapped girl and Big Oil star in a messy drama rattling Ecuador. AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa As two military-style helicopters touch Continue Reading →
Coalition Trying to Stop Development of Oil Fields, Some Inside Unesco-Recognized Park from: Wall Street Journal By MERCEDES ALVARO QUITO, Ecuador—A coalition of citizen groups and nongovernment organizations opposed to the Continue Reading →
Jeremy Hance mongabay.com December 10, 2013 Last Wednesday, the government of Ecuador shutdown the indigenous rights NGO, Fundación Pachamama, in Quito over the group’s opposition to oil drilling in indigenous areas. Continue Reading →
Searching for a sustainable future for forests and people The Amazon rainforest hosts some of the richest biodiversity in the world; stores vast amounts of carbon; and regulates the climate Continue Reading →
BY JOSHUA SCHNEYER AND NICOLAS MEDINA MORA PEREZ NEW YORK Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:16pm IST Originally posted by Reuters - click here (Reuters) - China’s aggressive quest for foreign oil Continue Reading →
Some of the most disturbing images we have now seen out of work in Block 31. Particularly the jaguar in front of the pipe. From: http://planv.com.ec/investigacion/investigacion/taladros-petroleros-ya-estan-el-yasuni?nopaging=1 En tiempo récord, un grupo Continue Reading →
from Mongabay Commentary by Matt Finer, Varsha Vijay, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo, and Massimo De Marchi special to mongabay.com November 12, 2013 In August 2012, professional photographers Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet were on assignment Continue Reading →