It's been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start shutting down ...

"We are fighting to protect what we love." This woman made history defending her people's land: 'It's time that the world ...

“Today Ecuador takes a giant step to protect life, biodiversity, and indigenous people,” the country's two main indigenous organizations, Confeniae and Conaie, posted on social media. Swedish ...

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...

its people, and their land will be respected. My dream is for the government to end its contracts with major oil and mining companies and to recognize the value of the Amazon forest itself. It’s ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters marched through the streets of the Ecuadorian capital on Tuesday, demanding authorities comply ...

Photo: Yuturi Warmi Archive When we were notified [in 2020 that Napo province had been concessioned for gold mining], the women, together with some young people from the Ecuadorian Amazon who had been ...

Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon. Yasuni National ... it's home to the Indigenous Waorani people, who are fighting to protect ...