The ‘Murderous Deforestation’ in the Ecuadorian Province of Napo Is Due to Illegal Mining

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The expansion of illegal mining is alarming: since 2020, the activity in the country has doubled and has deforested thousands of hectares of Ecuadorian Amazonia, which puts the survival of indigenous people, biodiversity and life in general in ‘jaque’. Every day environmental damage occurs in ecologically rich areas of biodiversity and highly fragile, while the presence of armed groups grows and the criminalization of indigenous leaders and envi…