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March 13, 2020 | The Guardian
Here Comes the Sun Canoe, as Amazonians Take on Big Oil
Ecuadorian indigenous groups hope innovation will reduce amount of oil taken from forest only to be brought back as pollution.
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Ecuador
February 03, 2020 | El Pais
Nantu: Solar Dream (Spanish)
Nantu has a solution to help avoid the need for a road to his village in the Ecuadorian Amazon: create a system of boats that run on clean energy to connect nine Achuar communities.
January 30, 2020 | El Pais
Vero's Decision to Help Women Who Give Birth in the Forest (Portuguese)
Giving birth is considered sacred by the Achuar people; consequently, women must go to the forest to do so. But one young Indigenous woman is trying to change this reality.
January 22, 2020 | El Pais
An Indigenous Youth's Battle Against a Highway That Divides His Community in the Amazon (Portuguese)
In Ecuador, an Achuar leader shows how local communities are confronting extractivism and infrastructure development that is infringing on the forest.
January 22, 2020 | El Pais
Vero: The Midwife of the Heart of the Amazon (Spanish)
This young Indigenous woman from Ecuador helps the women in her Achuar community give birth. Considered a sacred act, women traditionally gave birth alone in the jungle. This is the seventh in the series, "Rainforest Defenders," which shows leaders fighting to protect the forest.
January 15, 2020 | El Pais, Open Democracy
Julián: The Fight Against The Road That Divides The Amazonian People (Spanish)
This is the sixth story in a series about Indigenous youth in the Amazon fighting to protect their communities.
October 14, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Participatory Conservation and the Chocóan Rainforest
The Chocóan Rainforest is one of the last coastal rainforests left on earth with a huge range of diversity. Participatory conservation is key to efforts to its preservation.
July 25, 2019 | Diálogo Chino, GK
Ecuador Mining Conflict Evolves Into a Battle for Indigenous Identity
In Ecuador, Río Blanco communities opposing Chinese mine claim right to consultation amid accusations of "playing the Indigenous card."
July 09, 2019 | China Dialogue, GK
Indigenous Communities Take Legal Action Over Ecuador’s Largest Mine
Local community seeks justice through the courts over forced evictions and lack of consultation at Ecuador's Mirador copper mine.
July 09, 2019 | China Dialogue, The Initium
Few Options Left for Local Communities Opposing Ecuador’s Largest Copper Mine
The Mirador copper mine has pitted locals against the government and a Chinese mining company they say failed to consult them and forcibly evicted them, writes Ning Hui.
July 09, 2019 | China Dialogue, The Initium
How Locals Halted a Chinese-Owned Gold Mine in Ecuador
After just two months, local protests and legal action brought operations at Ecuador's Rio Blanco mine to a halt. But the saga is far from over.
June 12, 2019 | GK, Mongabay, Q'hubo Cali, ColombiaCheck
The Face of the Resistance (Spanish)
The leader of Sarayaku, a Kichwa town in Ecuador, has fought oil companies that want to break into their territory for more than twenty years. For her struggle, she has been tried, slandered, and threatened with death. Who is afraid of Patricia Gualinga?
Ecuador's Chocó Rainforest: Fighting for the Remaining 2 Percent
The Chocoan Rainforest is one of the last coastal rainforests left on earth. A handful of groups and organizations in Ecuador have channeled the practice of participatory conservation in order to combat the ongoing destruction.
The Sarayaku Resistance: A 30-Year Story of Territorial and Cultural Defense Against Extractivism
Patricia Gualinga embodies the resistance of the Sarayaku people, who have kept oil companies out of their ancestral territory.
The Consequences of Ecuador's Abortion Ban
In Ecuador, the prosecution of women for abortion-related crimes is escalating, with devastating consequences.
An Investigation Into Two Chinese Mines in the Ecuadorian Amazon
How can environmental law govern China's overseas mining investments? A comparative investigation of two mines backed with Chinese capital in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
The Jungle Is also Dying in the Depths of Ecuador
Why Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, is failing to stop deforestation in its tropical forests.
Shark Fishing in the Lawless Pacific
Sharks are disappearing from the Eastern Pacific, as predators become prey to fishing companies hunting their fins. The story of one family's shark empire sheds light on these lawless seas.
Ecuador: Health Consequences of Ceramic Glazing
An Andean village has battled severe lead toxicity from ceramics production, and now residents face the challenges of alternative glazing compounds or abandoning their cottage industry altogether.
Laboratory Earth
An unintended planet-wide experiment is underway–leading to warming temperatures and an acidifying ocean.
Education in Ecuador
Since the implementation of a new constitution in 2008, Ecuador has put more emphasis on the development of higher education. Yet the country's secondary schools are leaving many students unprepared.
Latin America: Climate Pains
From Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego, climate change is gripping Latin America. Simeon Tegel reports on the human consequences of drought, hurricanes, and melting glaciers.
Bolivia/Ecuador: Indigenous People Confront Global Warming
Scientists are certain that Earth is suffering impacts of global warming, and that these impacts will become increasingly dire. Americans, in contrast, are growing less concerned.
Ecuador: Jungle Tensions
Chevron is accused of having dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic waste in Ecuador’s Amazonian rainforest, and local residents are determined to hold them accountable.
August 28, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Simeon Tegel: Reporting on Climate Change in Latin America
From drought in Chihuahua to vanishing glaciers in Ecuador, Simeon Tegel reports that Latin America is already being hit hard by climate change.
May 15, 2019 | Project news
The New Yorker Cites Rainforest Journalism Fund Project
Spearheaded by a coalition of Latin American journalists, the project helped shape the backdrop for a New Yorker piece on a court victory for an Ecuadorian indigenous group.
October 24, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Cuban Migrants Lose a Foothold in the U.S.
This week: U.S.-bound Cuban immigrants are told to turn around, a Dominican haven for Holocaust refugees is now a sex tourism capital, and our genetic war against mosquitos.
May 30, 2016 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and perceptions of identity to environmental degradation and innovation.
December 02, 2015 | General news
Independent Filmmaker Bill Gentile Produces 'When the Forest Weeps'
Director of American University's Backpack Journalism Project documents the intersection between community and environment in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
July 20, 2012 | General news, Project news, News Points
This Week in Review: The Heat Wave That's Here to Stay
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting from Ecuador to Syria.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.