According to Mario Melo, the lawyer who represented Sarayaku, “Ecuador’s Constitution strongly supports the right to resistance, the collective rights of Indigenous peoples, and the rights of nature ( ...

Trees are seen at Laguna Grande in the protected Amazon rainforest of Cuyabeno, Ecuador, on March 30, 2024. Credit - Daniel Munoz/AFP—Getty Images Nearly two decades ago Ecuador became the first ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Flora and fauna affected by oil production in Ecuador's Yasuni Amazon reserve will take many years to recover, Environment Minister Jose Davalos said on Tuesday, raising concerns ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

Ecuador received a guarantee from the Inter-American Development Bank to help it potentially swap up to $800 million of its sovereign bonds in return for boosting conservation of the Galapagos Islands ...

Think Ecuador. Think nature. That’s the message from Santiago Granda, vice minister of tourism promotion for the South American country, who noted, “sustainability is not just a trend for us.” He ...

Ecuador, which earlier this month completed the world’s largest so-called debt-for-nature deal, is considering a new transaction of this kind in less than two years, Finance Minister Pablo Arosemena ...

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ecuador sealed the world's largest "debt-for-nature" swap on record on Tuesday, selling a new "blue bond" that will funnel at least $12 million a year into conservation of ...

Ecuador makes history with the first-ever national pavilion at a Formula 1 Grand Prix ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa Ecuador – The Embassy of Nature has successfully concluded its ...