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State management and regulation of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 2 May 2024
A member of the Ghanaian maritime police observes a vessel suspected of fishing illegally prior to boarding it as part of a U.S.-Ghana combined maritime law enforcement operation in 2014. Image courtesy of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0 Deed).

Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 26 Apr 2024
Silvia Vetancourt holds out a coin purse she is crocheting from cabuya fiber on the path to Plaza Gutierrez, Ecuador. Photo by Liz Kimbrough.

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley

Liz Kimbrough 25 Apr 2024

Outdated infrastructure and oil spills: the cases of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Apr 2024

Ecuador’s first Indigenous guard led by Kichwa women: Interview with María José Andrade Cerda

Astrid Arellano 23 Apr 2024

The environmental mismanagement of enduring oil industry impacts in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Apr 2024

How to ‘stop mining before it starts’: Interview with community organizer Carlos Zorrilla

Liz Kimbrough 4 Apr 2024

Chocó land deal shows flaws in Ecuador’s forestry incentive program

Maxwell Radwin 18 Mar 2024

Reconciling conservation agriculture and agroforestry for sustainability

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Mar 2024

Can scientific illustration help save species in the rainforest?

Kimberley Brown, Victor Mendez 11 Mar 2024

Cacao is keeping this community in Ecuador away from deforestation

Liz Kimbrough, Timo Verguawen 11 Mar 2024

Ecuador project empowers cacao farmers to save spider monkey habitat

Astrid Arellano 6 Mar 2024

Giant anaconda species found on Waorani Indigenous land in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2024
ecuador infrastructure

Road project promising access to Indigenous Waorani is ushering in deforestation

Aimee Gabay 19 Feb 2024
A man with a child.

Andes community-led conservation curbs more páramo loss than state-protected area: Study

Aimee Gabay 14 Feb 2024

The creation of settlements in the Ecuadorian Amazon | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Feb 2024

Ecuador government weighs delaying closure of controversial ITT oil block

Maxwell Radwin 12 Feb 2024

Annual South Pacific fisheries meeting nets bottom trawling controversy

Edward Carver 8 Feb 2024
Dorado catfish. Image courtesy of Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá via Macaulay Library.

Amazon catfish must be protected by the Convention on Migratory Species COP-14 (commentary)

Mariana Varese 8 Feb 2024
A storm in the Bolivian Chaco.

A coalition created by a demand for land is splintered by a competition for territory | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Feb 2024
Wetlands in the San Miguelito area, Bolivia.

How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Jan 2024

Terra Legal program to regularize small property owners | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Jan 2024

INCRA as a regulatory agency | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Jan 2024

Ecuador-China free trade agreement poses serious environmental risks, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jan 2024

Agrarian reform agencies and national land registry systems in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 18 Jan 2024

The dynamics of violence in pursuit of land in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Jan 2024

Report shows loss of natural land cover in Ecuador — and where it can still be saved

Kimberley Brown 17 Jan 2024

Obtaining a certified legal title in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 10 Jan 2024

Land in the Pan Amazon, the ultimate commodity: Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 9 Jan 2024
A Siekopai leader prepares to testify about his people’s ancestral territory, Pë’këya, before the court.

Historic land win for Ecuador’s Siekopai sets precedent for other Indigenous peoples

Aimee Gabay 8 Jan 2024

Study: Fishing with pesticides and dynamite puts Ecuadorian Amazon in peril

Mark Hillsdon 2 Jan 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023

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