Prior consultation is a right and a mechanism for social participation, a public, special, and mandatory process; it is not a concession granted by states, much less by corporations. Prior consultation meets the need of communities, communes, indigenous peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians, Montubio peoples, and other communities, as well as the general public, to demand that their […]
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Originally published: Dec. 2, 2011 Republished: Feb. 19, 2013 Organizations, communities, nationalities, collectives and individuals from the continent, along with academics, researchers, scientists, writers, poets, artists, dreamers, lovers of life, who met months ago in Cuenca de Guapondelig (Cañari city) to defend water and Pachamama and after exchanging experiences, reflecting, debating and building proposals that help […]
Overview of the Eco-Village. Months ago, around fifteen people from Guayaquil's environmental movement were cordially invited by José Delgado to take a community tourism tour of Santay Island. The following are some impressions, recommendations, and suggestions from one of the visitors and environmental interpreter, Pier Luiggi Maquilón. The outing […]
As in previous years, Ballenita Sí publishes the winners of the "discreditable" Ojo Público award, which is given to the worst companies globally, whose behavior is openly voted on by the public. The Ojo Público Awards are granted by Greenpeace and the Swiss NGO Berne Declaration. The "Ojo Público" Awards are […]
The AVAAZ network, perhaps the largest and most effective global online mobilization community, which integrates citizen-driven political action into global decision-making processes and has been achieving positive change around the world for some time now, has recently opened its interface to […]
The increase in the number of plastic islands in our oceans from one to four in the last 20 years—these "ecological aberrations" that have created new polluted areas in the seas of planet Earth—continues unabated and will not stop, at least not anytime soon. This is the unfortunate result of a study conducted […]
By Natalia Lovecchio, Partner and Head of FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods). Most of the waste we produce is associated with food, beverage, and cleaning product packaging, which is why many brands have begun working on ways to reduce their environmental impact. The advances in […]
Pollution cloud in China. PHOTO: NASA. The growing pollution in China is now easily observable from space. A gigantic pollution cloud affecting 12 Chinese provinces is visible via NASA satellites and has affected transportation for several days, in addition to a significant increase in traffic.
The Valdivia Aquarium (Valdivia Municipality, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador) is an institution that has specialized for more than 15 years in the management and rehabilitation of marine fauna through an area dedicated to receiving, treating, recovering, and releasing hundreds of animals, mainly sea turtles, birds, and marine mammals from our coast […]
In order to preserve marine species and seek to strengthen the national economy through the use of fishery resources, MAGAP announces the beginning of the breeding ban on red crabs (Ucides occidentalis) and blue crabs (Cardisoma crassum) and lobsters (Panulirus gracilis and Panulirus penicillatus). In the case of […]
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