All new roads lead to increased deforestation in Ecuador’s Indigenous territory

Mongabay
Dec 19, 2025, 9:40 am104 ptsTrending
Between March and May 2025, at least eight children from the Achuar Indigenous community died of leptospirosis in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. The disease is preventable with access to safe drinking water and timely treatment. But these two conditions are absent in Taisha, one of the poorest five cantons in…

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