From July 29th to September 28th, Ecuador has been observing its first closed season for tuna fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). Purse seine vessels with a carrying capacity of more than 182 metric tons (IATTC capacity classes 4, 5, and 6) […]
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Celebration of the Day for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem and the IV Congress of the Ancestral Peoples of the Mangrove Ecosystem organized at C-CONDEM BY: P. Rasa Bihari D. To speak of the mangrove ecosystem is to refer to a complex system made up of mangrove forests, tidal beaches and other integrated habitats, which is located in the area […]
The largest global sporting event kicked off a few days ago, with thousands of athletes from around the world gathering in London, England, to compete in dozens of disciplines during the Olympic Games. Since 2010, when the organizing committee announced that the Games would be "the greenest in history," environmentalists from all over the world have […]
Although the news didn't receive much coverage at the time it broke, the truth is that since July 12, Ecuador joined the group of countries like China, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran that maintain some kind of obsession with controlling what their citizens […]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) today condemned Ecuador for granting an oil concession in the Amazonian indigenous territories of the Sarayaku Kichwa people in the early 1990s without conducting free, prior, and informed consultations, in accordance with international standards, in violation of the Sarayaku people's rights to […]
Do you know how many natural resources would be used globally if everyone on the planet consumed as much as you do? The global ecological footprint is 2.2 million, meaning it takes the planet an average of 1 year and 3 months to produce what we consume in a year. With this interactive tool, and a few minutes of your time, […]
The death of Lonesome George, the name given in Ecuador and around the world to the last giant tortoise species from Pinta Island (Chelonoidis abingdonii), which lived at the Charles Darwin Foundation in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, in the early hours of Sunday, June 24th, is an event that not only […]
The Slow Food Eco-Gastronomy Association has launched a new campaign called "Happy Degrowth," and within this space, there's a section seeking ideas for reducing waste, reusing, and recycling, thereby avoiding dangerous chemicals and their interaction with the food we eat. The first idea is not only functional but also simple, […]
Ecuador has always maintained a peaceful approach and supported all nuclear non-proliferation agreements. However, the signing of the "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ecuador and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Use of Atomic Energy for Nuclear Purposes" […]
Participants in the Rio+20 side event on tourism, "Tourism for a Sustainable Future," agreed that tourism, a sector that provides employment and livelihoods for millions of people, especially women and young people, is essential and can significantly contribute to all three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social, and […]
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