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New Mining Concessions Could Severely Decrease Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Ecuador

Published in Sage Journals Data • Jan 1, 2018
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Authors:
Bitty A. Roy
,
Martin Zorrilla
,
Lorena Endara

Abstract

Ecuador has among the world’s highest biodiversity, despite being a tiny fraction of the world’s land area. The threat of extinction for some of this biodiversity has dramatically increased since April 2016, during which time the Ecuadorian government has opened around 13% of the country to mining e...

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