Mining Tag

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

Posted at 22:05h 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. ...

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. ...