Throughout most of the twentieth century, the Ecuadorian authorities pursued a geopolitical strategy that reflected a ...

Ecuador’s Amazon trees face extinction risks as seed-dispersing animals vanish. 14% are critically endangered, and 47% may go ...

Ecuador has completed its second debt-for-nature swap, this time unlocking $460 million to protect and manage the forests and ...

Ecuador has converted part of its $1.5 billion external debt into a fund aimed at the protection of forests and wetlands in ...

In 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced severe wildfires and drought, highlighting climate challenges and leading to increased ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. YURIMAGUAS, Alto Amazonas, Peru — ...

Ecuador announced Tuesday that it had converted part of its $1.5 billion of external debt into protection for the Amazon rainforest, the second so-called debt-for-nature swap in the South American ...

President Joe Biden’s administration is dedicating $1 billion to preserve the Ecuadorian Amazon as a means of addressing climate change, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced ...

Ecuador is moving one step closer to complete its second debt-for-nature swap with more than $1.5 billion of the nation’s existing dollar bonds on track to be canceled. Amazon Conservation DAC ...