Destroying Ecuador

The tropical Andes of Ecuador are at the top of the world list of biodiversity hotspots in terms of vertebrate species, endemic vertebrates, and endemic plants. Ecuador has more orchid and hummingbird species than Brazil, which is 32 times larger, and more diversity than the entire USA.

In the last year, the Ecuadorean government has quietly granted mining concessions to over 1.7 million hectares (4.25 million acres) of forest reserves and indigenous territories. These were awarded to transnational corporations in closed-door deals without public knowledge or consent.

This is in direct violation of Ecuadorean law and international treaties and will decimate headwater ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots of global significance. However, Ecuadorean groups think there is little chance of stopping the concessions using the law unless there is a groundswell of opposition from Ecuadorean society and strong expressions of international concern.

You can read the rest @
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ecuador-grants-mining-rights-to-protected-forests-indigenous-land/238291/

What were they thinking?

Why is it that no one seems capable of resisting the bribes of multinational corporations which seem hellbent on destroying not only Ecuador but the rest of our planet as well?

For the love of money is the root of all evil

1 Timothy 6:10 KJV