By Kimberley Brown Humanity’s footprint in Ecuador now covers more than 30% of the country’s total area, at the expense of coastal ecosystems, the Andes, and forests across the country. But it’s the Amazon Rainforest that has seen the most losses over the past nearly 40 years, according to new research by local environmental NGOs EcoCiencia and MapBiomas Ecuador with other independent investigators. The researchers analyzed satellite images … Continue reading Report shows loss of natural land cover in Ecuador — and where it can still be saved