By Maxwell Radwin Ecuador recently passed a landmark protected areas law aimed at restoring security in the country’s ...

Napo River in Yasuni National Park with the rainforest beyond. Yasuní park was created in 1979 and protects nearly 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) of rainforest.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday’s court-imposed ...

Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is reputed to be the biologically richest place on earth. Its 3791 square miles are believed to contain more species of plants and animals than any other comparable ...

Yasuni National Park is one of most biodiverse regions on the planet. Besides the Waorani, it’s home to two of the world’s last Indigenous communities living in voluntary isolation, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday’s court-imposed ...