Ecuador announced Tuesday that it had converted part of its $1.5 billion of external debt into protection for the Amazon rainforest, the second so-called debt-for-nature swap in the South American ...

It’s an area in the Amazon home to 600,000 people of more than ... the community of Sharamentsa sits many kilometers further ...

Ecuador has completed its second debt-for-nature swap, this time unlocking $460 million to protect and manage the forests and ...

To take an Amazon River cruise from Ecuador, you will need to fly to the even smaller town of Coca, where small cruise ships ...

Ecuador will spend $1 billion on a bond buyback as part of a deal to free up funds for conservation projects in the Amazon ...

The Government of Ecuador has declared a situation of force majeure for the country's oil sector due to the effects of erosion in the Coca River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon basin.

Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin ... Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting up a disaster ...