Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

Ecuador was the first country to enshrine the rights of nature in its c. On Nov. 16, voters decide if it should be re-written ...

Ever wondered what endless looks like? Because from up here, Ecuador’s Amazon stretches out like a living, breathing ocean of ...

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon Rainforest reserve, according to the results Monday of a referendum hailed as a historic example of climate democracy. Ecuador is one ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense foliage, ...

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried ...

Ecuadorians voted on Sunday to stop an oil-drilling project in the Yasuni region of the Amazon with 59% voting yes on a proposition that will end the practice. Ecuador’s government estimates that 1.67 ...