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Defending the Intag Valley: 30 Years of Community Resistance

For nearly 30 years, communities have worked to conserve, restore and defend the cloud forests of the Intag Valley in Ecuador, in what locals say is the longest continuous resistance movement against mining in Latin America. The tropical Andes are considered the world’s most biodiverse hotspot, ranking first in plant, bird, mammal and amphibian diversity; however, less than 15% of Ecuador’s original cloud forests remain. Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer from Chile, plans to open a mine in the Intag Valley that would destroy primary forest and lie within the buffer area of Cotacachi Cayapas National Park — a plan that experts say would be ecologically devastating and not worth the cost. Communities are challenging the project under the “rights of nature,” Ecuador’s constitutional guarantee that natural ecosystems have the right to exist, thrive, and evolve. Read the full story here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/in-... Corrections: 9:07 Roberto Castro is no longer a plaintiff in the case. He remains a member of the volunteer community #cloudforest #mining #ecuador #conservation Mongabay is a nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform that produces original reporting in English, Indonesian, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Brazilian Portuguese. Check out https://www.mongabay.com Watch more of our videos: /mongabaytv Subscribe to Mongabay’s newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cyyIH9 TikTok:   / mongabay   Twitter:   / mongabay   Instagram:   / mongabay   Facebook:   / mongabay   Mastodon: https://mastodon.green/@mongabay