Tag: Ecuador

These Rare Orchids Look Exactly Like Monkeys’ Faces

Without doubt, orchids are stunning and low maintenance flowers and there are plenty of varieties to choose from to beatify your garden, somewhere around 30,000 types, believe it or not. Although each of these types has its distinctive features, one of the most unique is definitely the rare type of […]

Ecuador Amazon Tribe Wins First Victory against Oil Companies

Ecuador Amazon Tribe Wins First Victory against Oil Companies

Waorani, an Ecuador indigenous tribe, won the first victory against oil companies in a ruling which prohibits their entry on ancestral Amazon lands to explore for oil extraction purposes. After two weeks of deliberations, the criminal court in Puyo in Central Ecuador accepted a bid from the Waorani for court […]