In a landmark move for biodiversity conservation and recognition of the essential role of Indigenous territories in ...

In 2010, Ecuador launched a UN-backed scheme to attract donations to forego drilling in the east portion of the park with the aim of raising $3.6 billion US, about half the value of reserves in ...

A burst pipeline in Ecuador caused an oil spill within a protected area of the country's Amazon rainforest, the environment ministry said on Monday, adding that the pipeline operator will face ...

The in-depth story of the “Amazon Chernobyl” Disaster in Ecuador. Deep within the Lungs of the World - the Amazon Rainforest - a disaster of unprecedented magnitude is taking place.

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense ...

An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a protected area of the nation’s Amazon rainforest and contaminated a river that supplies water to Indigenous communities, Ecuador’s environment ...

Voters in Ecuador cast ballots in favor of a referendum that would be future oil drilling in a national park inside the Amazon. So-called Block 43 accounted for more than 10% of the nation's total ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago.