La cárcel no termina lucha de activista Javier Ramírez

Título del artículo del Universo de hoy:   La cárcel no termina lucha de activista Javier Ramírez The title of today’s El Universo newspaper reads:  Jail did not put and to the struggle for activist Javier Ramirez  (please translate with   https://translate.google.com/?hl=en      or your favorite translator  Favor lean el articulo y video de la […]

Dear Codelco

To Codelco’s Directors Intag, 9 October 2014 Dear Codelco, After reviewing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Llurimagua mining project, I got to wondering whether you know what you are getting into here in Ecuador, and if you had the slightest idea of the social conflicts and violence you could detonate if exploration starts. […]

Earth Day 2014- Sumak Kawsay, a New Conservation Force, or a Farce

I wrote this knowing a friend and activist from Junin is illegally being kept in jail for defending his land, his community, the unique environment of Intag’s Cloud Forest, and fundamental human rights.  The criminalization of the social protest here in Ecuador- most of it aimed at environmental protesters-  has taken a nasty turn lately, […]

Enami and Codelco want to revive the nightmare by September // Codelco y Enami quieren reactivar la pesadilla en Intag hasta Septiembre

Title of article from March 29 Wall Street Journal Ecuador Mining Project Expected to Begin This Year Codelco, Enami Plan to Start Exploration at Llurimagua Copper and Molybdenum Project by September So, the cat is out of the bag.  Codelco and Enami think they can begin exploration by September when they haven’t even started on […]

Tis time for a quick Update DECOIN expanded board meets All quiet on the mining front The final election results Yesterday (March 18th)  DECOIN’s expanded board met at Nangulvi to talk about the latest event, review our work, and set new goals. In all there were 21 of us from I think 10 or 15 […]

INTAG: GROTESQUE FABRICATION REVEALED / INTAG: DENUNCIA DE UN GROTESCO MONTAJE

Working in conservation in developing countries is always a challenge (maybe not only in developing countries).  However, little did I know that, in the middle of buying forests for communities (in 2013 over a thousand hectares), creating new community watershed reserves, working with community nurseries, expanding environmental education campaigns to hundreds of kids, reforesting new […]

¿Cuantas veces NO Enami-Codelco? How many times and how many ways NO Enami-Codelco?

Cuantas veces NO Enami-Codelco? El jueves 22 del presente, Enami intentó socializar su mal concebido  proyecto minero con un gremio de choferes de Intag en el Complejo Ecoturístico de Nangulví, el centro turístico más importante de la zona de Intag.    Dado que el Complejo es administrado por un grupo de comunidades dignas de la […]

Carnivore ‘teddy bear’ emerges from the mists of Ecuador

A new species of carnivore discovered in Ecuadorian Cloud Forests?? Enami-Codelco no logran apoyo en Intag Cloud forests are one of the ecosystems where new species are more likely to be found… but a mammal?  a carnivore?   Recently, right here in Intag,  a biologist working on an Environmental Impact Study for the paving of […]