Here, travelers can tackle the canyoning excursions, white water rafting expeditions, hiking and biking routes that lure ...

of toxic waste water and spilled 17m gallons of crude oil into the rainforest during its operations in north-east Ecuador. They say the affected area covers 4,400 sq km (1,700 sq miles ...

The in-depth story of the “Amazon Chernobyl” Disaster in Ecuador. Deep within the Lungs of the World - the Amazon Rainforest ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Ecuador has launched a $1 billion bond to fund a debt buyback aimed at freeing up financing for conservation projects in the Amazon rainforest, IFR reported on Tuesday.

Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, also known as el Oriente (the East), covers almost half of the country and spans nearly the entire Andean border with Peru and Colombia. The sheer scale is unfathomable – ...

Slava Sambu and his wife, Ozge, were looking for more than fine dining and five-star accommodations when they found the Mashpi Lodge, an ecolodge deep in the Ecuadorian rainforest. "It looked like ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest is a global hot spot of life and biodiversity. Spanning eight countries – Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – this ...