Ecuador: Extractivism for the Twenty-First Century?
“Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators.” —Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America * Throughout Ecuador, ...
El Salvador’s Dance Between Development and Displacement
The mangrove trees surrounding el salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay, with their sprawling, scraggly roots, have been described as botanical amphibians because ...
Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Deforestation accounts for about a fifth of all global carbon emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels, according ...
Carbon-Offset Conservation in the Chocó
On a sweltering June afternoon, Afro-Colombian community leader Aureliano Córdoba led a small expedition into the tropical rainforest of the ...
Dirty Business in Brazil: Rousseff Backslides on the Environment
On December 6, the Brazilian Senate approved controversial changes to the country’s Forest Code. The move sparked a large public ...
