Mining

07 Jun Valuing one of the most biodiverse areas on earth -The Los Cedros Reserve Carbon Stocks

Posted at 20:09h in Carbon Valuation, Biodiveristy, CARBON OFFSETTING, Carbon Stocks, Cloudforest, Ecuador, Mining, Natural Ecosystem Services

Can we value nature? For a court case the forest of the Los Cedros Biological Reserve was valued in its carbon stocks and carbon sequestration. Sadly we can not value the biodiveristy or the natural ecosystem services. ...

04 Dec Newsletter – Lockdown in Paradise – 2020 An overview of my years work to date

Posted at 21:13h in Ecuador, Mining

2020 work in the Amazon, Agroforestry to prevent deforestation, building rainwater systems, work with indigenous communities, and lockdown in one of the most bio-diverse places on earth....

11 May UK environmentalist raises the alarm to support children’s right to fresh air

Posted at 02:13h in Ecuador, Mining

Environmentalist Nicola Peel will be supporting nine children (aged between 7 and 14 years of age) this week who live in the contaminated province of Sucumbios in the Ecuadorian Amazon as they take the Government to court in an action of protection....

10 May Los Cedros Reserve – Andean cloud forest of Ecuador – UNDER THREAT

Posted at 00:42h in Ecuador, Mining

I had just finished my work in the Amazon and returned to Quito to have a couple of weeks to visit and travel when I heard the news, the following day all buses were to stop, no shops, schools, restaurants could open. Total quarantine for...

09 May Message from Ecuadorian cloud forest

Posted at 20:58h in Ecuador, Mining

Everything is covered in a deep green moss with vines hanging to the ground. Huge heart shaped leaves glisten in the rain. Here you can see how the trees create their own weather, ensuring there is continual moisture. ...