FREDDY DANIEL MOSQUERA AGUIRRE

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Capital Quito
Official languages Spanish
Total 283,560 km2
Water (%) 5%
Currency USD

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 Ecuador is one of the ten most
biodiverse countries in the
world: with over 5,490 species
of mammals, countless birds,
and abundantly lush regions
that range from tropical to
wetland, there is much here to
protect.

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 Ecuador has serious dangers and
problems, not only because of
internal policies but also because
international interventions
involving countries located in the
opposite side of the world like
China, and also neighbor
countries such as Colombia.

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 Colombian government had
launched a plan to diminish drug
trafficking which consisted in
eliminate illicit crops in
Colombian rainforest. Glyphosate
was gassed out on borderline
territory which caused
environmental and health
problems in Ecuadorian territory.
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Ecuadorian government has given rights
in Ecuadors constitution to native
indigenous nations and environmental
policies never imagined such as:
protection from the endangerment of
native species, restriction of invasive
species, and a promise to restore
damaged land to its original state.

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 Failed efforts have included
the Yasuni-ITT . The specific
p lan of t he Ya s uni -ITT
initiative was to leave almost
900 million barrels of oil in
the ground, preventing 410
million tons of CO2
emissions.

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 However, to follow through
wit h t h i s p ro m i s e , t h e
g o v e r n m e n t a s ke d t h e
developed nations of the
world to contribute
financially to Ecuadors
investment in renewable
e n e r g y. The government
renounced the initiative, and
essentially began drilling.
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 The Lago Agrio and Yasuni rainforests, important ecosystems
in a country once full of such forests, have been utterly abused
by Chevron, who left toxic waste in the forest and crude oil in
the Amazon River, to the tune of 16 billion gallons a year. The
soil was destroyed from contamination, and the carcinogenic
effects included birth defects, a rise in miscarriages, and
cancer in the local residents. It was not until 2011 that
Ecuadors court system demanded over $18 billion from
Chevron, who fought the suit and won.
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 Now Chinese firms are becoming more
prominent, but many Chinese firms
operating in Ecuador are quick to
defend their environmental and social
records here. Hai Luo, outlined the steps
his company takes to reduce harm: We
invest a lot of money drilling inclined
wells so as to reduce damage to the
trees on the surface

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 All oil companies are secretive, but Chinese
companies especially so. For one thing,
they prevent outsiders from entering their
oil fields.
How can you trust a company from a
country which pollutes 70% of its own water
sources? Especially when they wont even
talk to anyone.

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 Almost two years after a controversial
bid by the country's politicians the
Amazon Rainforest to Chinese oil
drilling companies. If the deal does go
through, China would be free to exploit
about 3 million of the country's 8.1
million hectares of pure, untouched
Amazonian rainforest. The region has
remained pristine despite the advent of
industrialization, until now.

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 China has been loaning Ecuador
billions of dollars since 2009 in
exchange for oil shipments. The
Asian superpower has also helped
the country fund its most ambitious
hydroelectric infrastructure projects.
As of last summer, Ecuador owned
China $7 billion, which is more than a
tenth of the country's GDP.

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