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Faced with Illegal Gold Mining, the Amazon Is Banking on Vanilla

To divert Ecuadorians from gold mining, a real scourge in the country, new industries are emerging. Vanilla and cocoa could thus become a sustainable economic alternative for the inhabitants. Napo Province (Ecuador), report A surprising setting greets visitors at the entrance to the town of Tena, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Dozens of rusty excavators are piled up in a parking lot. Trees have begun to grow in the gaps between them. (…) Read more Re…
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To divert Ecuadorians from gold mining, a real scourge in the country, new industries are emerging. Vanilla and cocoa could thus become a sustainable economic alternative for the inhabitants. Napo Province (Ecuador), report A surprising setting greets visitors at the entrance to the town of Tena, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Dozens of rusty excavators are piled up in a parking lot. Trees have begun to grow in the gaps between them. (…) Read more Re…

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Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie… broke the news in on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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