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N. manduriacu. Image credit: Jose Vieira

Ecuador

Despite its tiny size

is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world

Cloud forest. Image credit: David Ni Castro

Andean Cloud Forest

It is home to both the

and the last remnants of the megadiverse

Amazon Rainforest

10% of the country

In 2017, Ecuador was opened up for mining

across 2.9 million hectares

is now covered in mining concessions

Ecuador Indigenous tribes affected by oil and mining

Indigenous territories

Many mining concessions cover

– in direct violation of Ecuador's Constitution on the Rights of Nature

Protected Forests
&

800%

By 2021

mining in Ecuador is expected to expand by

way of life

stand to lose both their

and their

ancestral homelands

Indigenous tribes

80%

of mining concessions

Australian & Canadian mining companies

were bought by

536,101 Ha

Concessions held by Australian companies
cover

of all mining concessions by area

29%

Ecuador army on Rinehart concession. Image credit: El Pais

Mining is increasingly militarised with

guarding private mines

soldiers & police

out!

Communities

want them

Hancock Prospecting in Ecuador: Seven years of reported violations

Articles, Media ReleaseEcuador, Gina Rinehart, Hancock Prospecting, hanrine

In 2016-17, Ecuador put a third of its land mass up for sale to mining companies. They came from all over the world eager to explore for copper, gold and other metals, including several Australian

May 19, 2024

Gang activity in Ecuador shows mining fraught with issues

Media Releasecascabel, Llurimagua, solgold

Statement by Rainforest Action Group The current wave of criminal activity by organised crime gangs in Ecuador underpins predictions made by Rainforest Action Group from 2018 that investing in

January 17, 2024

Ecuador landslide deaths show mining risks

Media Releasesolgold

Deadly landslide buries Ecuador town, killing 28 in region earmarked for mining by Australian mining company SolGold. On Sunday 26 March, a massive landslide caused a large chunk of a mountainside

April 3, 2023