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March 9, 2020
Fighting for Biodiversity in Ecuador's Chocóan Rainforest
![View from a "jungle house" in Puerto Quito. Image by Ayanna Dickinson. Ecuador, 2019.](/sites/default/files/08-15-19/photo_20190717094732_6553757_0.jpg "View from a "jungle house" in Puerto Quito. Image by Ayanna Dickinson. Ecuador, 2019.")
The Chocoan Rainforest is one of the last coastal rainforests left on earth. A handful of groups and...
The Chocóan Rainforest is home to great biodiversity, but its ecosystem is under threat. Ayanna Dickinson underscores the importance of protecting the Chocó and coastal islands such as Isla de la Plata—showing us blue-footed boobies and frigate birds, as well as a deforested area that was converted into an African palm plantation.
