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Ecuador's 'Lost city of the Amazon': New paper reveals its changing landscapes

The inhabitants of the "Lost City of the Amazon" in Ecuador's Upano River Valley grew corn and planted alder trees for over 1,200 years, but a later occupation that lasted just 300 years was the one ...
Mongabay

Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests

For generations, the Pakayaku community in Ecuador’s Amazon has successfully kept unsustainable mining, logging and oil extraction activities out of forests while preserving their cultural traditions ...
Reuters

Ecuador oil spill pollutes river in Amazon

SANTA ROSA, Ecuador, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A rupture in Ecuador's second largest oil pipeline has polluted the Santa Rosa river in the lush Amazon jungle and shut off the flow of crude to a Pacific port ...
Los Angeles Times

California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

RICHMOND, Calif. — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Thursday — a visible link between California’s appetite for Amazon crude and the remote rainforest ...