Few studies exist that document how high-elevation Andean ecosystems recover naturally after the cessation of human activities and this can limit the implementation of cost-effective restoration actions. We assessed Andean forest (Polylepis stands) and páramo grassland recovery along an elevation gradient (3,600–4,350 m.a.s.l.) in the Yanacocha Reserve (Ecuador) where natural …
Oil is the biggest export earner and the main source of state revenue for Ecuador. In a significant move, the government has decided to increase the private sector involvement in the oil sector. The move comes at a time when the oil sector is plagued by problems, including low international …
According to a report of the UN, the HIV epidemic is far worse than previously thought. The report released by the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS paints a grim picture of the spread of the HIV epidemic, particularly in such hard-hit developing regions as sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America …
Hunting for shark fins and sea cucumbers, which are sought after as delicacies in South-east Asian countries, is on the rise despite a ban. During raids by the navy and the Galapagos National Park personnel, a total of 57,000 sea cucumbers were captured from fishing fleets in just one week …
the unique biological heritage of the Galapagos islands would soon disappear if illegal fishing continues in their waters. Commercial fishing fleets from mainland Ecuador, the us and the Far East continue to fish in the Galapagos marine reserve despite an official ban. According to Jack Grove, a fish biologist and …
the Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo (Christ's home dwellings, or chd ) housing project in Ecuador is a housing development organisation with a difference: it builds homes from locally-produced bamboo panels as a solution to the dreadful housing conditions of poor people living in Guayaquil. Simple and easy to construct, …
The government of Ecuador has invited private bids to build a second 514-km oil pipeline under a 20-year operating concession. The 500-km state pipeline built in 1972, has already been expanded twice. Currently, Ecuador can produce a maximum of about 385,000 barrels per day. The hallmark of the new pipeline …
a conservationists versus people tussle has built up in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Over the last few years, fisherfolk have persistently staked claim to the resources of the world's second largest marine reserve which houses sea cucumbers, sharks, lobsters, giant tortoises and sea horses, among other species. At the …
It was in 1993 that 30,000 Ecuadorian Indians and farmers filed a petition against Texaco, the multinational oil giant, for having denigrated their homeland by way of 17 million gallons of spilled oil, dumping of 20 billion gallons of toxic production water and the creation of over 600 open, unlined, …
ecuador , the tiny Latin American nation flanked by Peru and Columbia and traversed by the Andean ranges, has ventured into an area that very few countries in the world have explored. Its government, which came to power in August 1996, has enacted a law asserting its
The president of the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corporation, Roberto Monti, got an unexpected bouquet of rose flowers while addressing the recent Inter-American Petroleum and Gas Conference in the us. Only the roses, presented by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) activists, a group which works to protect rainforests worldwide and also …
AS THE sun rose slowly over a picturesque Andean valley in south Ecuador last month, fear-stricken people sheltered on high ground watched helplessly while a deluge of storm water swept through the valley, washing their homes and crops away. "It's a lifetime's work, senor, the bread for our mouths every …
