Yasuni National Park, part of the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, is probably the most biodiverse place on the planet. Home to many unique and endemic species, the national park, almost 1 million hectares ...

Research by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) reveals an unbalanced distribution of the impacts generated by the ...

Voters were asked whether to ban mining in the highlands and further oil drilling in Yasuni National Park in the Amazon. With over 90% of the ballots counted, some six in 10 Ecuadorians rejected ...

This story appears in the January 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The leaves are still dripping from an overnight downpour when Andrés Link slings on his day pack and heads out into ...

reached in 1958 by US missionaries Waorani territory overlaps with Yasuni National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems 80% of the Waorani now live in an area one-tenth the size of ...

Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. one of the most biodiverse places on the planet That's where photographer Javier Aznar Gonzalez ...

Environmental activists rarely get to celebrate a major win for the planet, but that’s what happened in Ecuador in August last year. After a decade-long struggle between activists and the ...

Millions of animals call the rainforests of South America home, but despite their prevalence, many are poorly understood or ...

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