Nature Under Threat in Ecuador as Gold Miners Target National Park
An Amazon conservation initiative has detected a rapid growth in illegal gold mining sites at a natural park and ecological…
Concrete Cocaine: Ecuador’s Pioneering Drug Destruction Method
With historic levels of cocaine seizures happening across Latin America, how can governments safely and quickly get rid of the…
Illegal Mining Spreads to Furthest Reaches of Amazon in Ecuador
Police operations in Ecuador this year have uncovered shocking levels of environmental damage caused by illegal mining in the far-flung…
Why Mega-Prisons Holding Tens of Thousands Won’t Make a Difference
A mixture of heavy-handed government policies, a lack of funding, and corruption has led to Latin America’s prisons being overcrowded…
Ecuador Prison Quietly Released Top Albanian Cocaine Kingpin
News has emerged that Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released one of Europe’s most notorious cocaine traffickers last year, in a…
Legal Frameworks to Protect the Amazon Are Being Sorely Tested
Environmental crime thrives across the Amazon as a result of low state resilience. Some efforts have been made to combat…
Wildlife Trafficking Preys on the Amazon Basin
The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. Bolivia is considered a “megadiverse country.” Over 48,000 animal…
Fueling Forest Loss: Motors of Deforestation in the Amazon
The Amazon Basin is covered by nearly eight million square kilometers of tropical forest, which equate to an area more…
Amazon Rainforest Under Attack From All Sides
The Amazon Basin is being cut down at an accelerating rate. Environmental crime is driving soaring deforestation and has created…
