Green GladeCodelco and Enami plan to open a copper mine in Ecuador’s biodiverse Intag Valley. Local communities are hoping to protect their constitutional rights and the Rights of Nature, which would legally halt the mining project:
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In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant
INTAG VALLEY, ECUADOR — Hundreds of moths land on a white sheet, lit like a false moon in the still, dark forest. Elegant silver ones, fist-sized moths with spots on their wings, fuzzy little citrine fellows, some exquisitely camouflaged in neutral tones, and some shouting their toxicity in vivid color. For three nights, we lure […]