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It was a sweltering January afternoon in the Amazonian town of Puyo when Andrés Tapia realized his daughter’s public school fees were due. Like many Ecuadorians, he reached for his phone to make a mobile transfer. Carrying cash is too risky these days. Ecuador is in the grip of an ongoing security
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Women Paving the Way: Closing the Gender Gap in Road Maintenance in Ecuador World Bank Blogs
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Ecuador has announced the creation of a new biological corridor designed to connect the eastern ranges of the Andes with the Amazon Rainforest, part of a larger initiative to strengthen ecological connectivity and protect biodiversity. The Llanganates–Yasuní Connectivity Corridor, officially announc
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One year after the Trump administration threw the EPA into chaos, former employees continue to push back—and to dream of an agency reborn.
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Environmental activist Berta Cáceres won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015 for successfully halting the Agua Zarca project, a massive hydropower development along the Gualcarque River in her native Honduras. On March 3, 2016, 10 years ago this month, gunmen hired by executives of the company b
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Around the world, traces of pharmaceuticals are increasingly being detected in waterbodies including rivers, lakes, and groundwater, revealing a growing but hidden form of pollution.
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