Ecuador Despite its tiny size is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world
 Andean Cloud Forest It is home to both the and the last remnants of the megadiverse Amazon Rainforest 6.6% 10% of the country In 2017, Ecuador was opened up for mining across 2.9 million hectares is now covered in mining concessions Indigenous territories Many mining concessions cover – in direct violation of Ecuador's Constitution on the Rights of Nature Protected Forests
& 800% 800% By 2021 mining in Ecuador is expected to expand by Rainforest Action Group way of life stand to lose both their and their ancestral homelands Indigenous tribes 80% 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% Mining is increasingly militarised with guarding private mines soldiers & police out! Communities want them

Gina Rinehart’s Ecuador concession faces new trouble

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The Ombudsman\'s Office of Ecuador has called on the National Government to suspend all mining activities in the Buenos Aires parish where Rinehart has several concessions, after what it deemed was
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April 26, 2021

New report on Solgold in Ecuador

The report \"SolGold in Ecuador; Solgold\'s woes continue\" investigates each of SolGold\'s priority projects in Ecuador, as well as the company\'s financial situation; looking at environmental risk
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March 9, 2021

Llurimagua mine in Ecuador could lose environmental license

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A Constitutional Injunction brought against the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment and the State Attorney General in August 2020 over concerns the rights of endemic species were being violated
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March 5, 2021

The Los Cedros Biological Reserve in north-western Ecuador is a haven for rare and endangered wildlife, with the critically endangered Black-and-Chestnut Eagle, ocelots, jaguars and the critically endangered Brown-Headed Spider Monkey roaming its pristine 4800 Ha (11,861 acres) of premontane wet tropical forest and cloud forest.

Despite being a legally Protected Forest, the Reserve is now threatened by mining.