Ecuador Charts the Way
Strategic sectors are recognized in the new constitution, such as all forms of energy, telecommunications, non-renewable natural resources, transportation, and refining of hydrocarbons, biodiversity, genetic heritage, and water. ...Community, Indigenous and Worker Alternatives to Transnational Mining
a) To call for continent wide action such that states, peoples and communities recover control over their territories, natural goods and biodiversity, respecting their various ways of life. b) To strengthen and consolidate territories, ... Pay-to-protect plan for Ecuadorian rainforest on the brink ...
Oil extraction will decimate the Yasuni national park, and the current state of global finance gives makes me a somewhat less optimistic view that any money to assist Ecuador will be forthcoming. It infuriates me to thank how many ... Refugees in Ecuador: Plan Colombia and the Asylum Lottery
This is the first part in a three-part series on asylum in Ecuador. The series deals with Ecuador’s response to the refugee crisis created by the ongoing conflict in Colombia, the daily challenges of surviving as a refugee in Ecuador, ... Ecuador's Chocó, under siege, but hope remains
The Chocó, a region of humid tropical forest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots with high levels of endemic species but large-scale habitat loss. The situation is particularly dire ... food
This year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) connects biodiversity and agriculture. The celebration seeks to highlight sustainable agriculture as a way of protecting biodiversity and feeding the world. ... Galapagos Island and Cruise
The reason that you travel to the Galapagos Islands is to experience the Islands and their unique biodiversity. Therefore, the cruise programs in such a manner that they allow you to enjoy the Galapagos Island from different ... Refugees in Ecuador: Plan Colombia and the Asylum Lottery
... The plan is couched in the language of the wars on drugs and terror, but its function is traditionally neoliberal—to make Colombia safe for business and secure access to valuable mineral, petroleum, water and biodiversity resources. ... Gordon Brown urged to pay millions to stop oil firms destroying ...
"This is a chance for them to do something about it, to keep the oil underground, protect indigenous communities and save an area with the world's greatest biodiversity. "£350m a year is not much if all the rich countries contribute ... Biodiversity in Ecuador
Ecuador is a rich country when it comes to biodiversity. Even though Ecuador is only the size of the state of Nevada, its biodiversity exceeds the one from the United States in total. According to the World Resource Institute Ecuador is ...
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