MAAP #114: Oil Drilling Pushes Deeper into Yasuni National Park
Yasuni National Park, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is one of the most biodiverse places in the world and forms part of the ancestral territory of the Waorani (see Base Map). Under the ground of this vast…
MAAP #102: Saving the Ecuadorian ChocĂł
The Ecuadorian ChocĂł, located on the other (western) side of the Andes Mountains from its Amazonian neighbor, is renowned for its high levels of endemic species (those that live nowhere else on Earth). It is part of the “Tumbes-ChocĂł-Magdalena” Biodiversity…
MAAP #100: Western Amazon – Deforestation Hotspots 2018 (a regional perspective)
For the 100th MAAP report, we present our first large-scale western Amazon analysis: Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and western Brazil (see Base Map). We use the new 2018 data for forest cover loss, generated by the University of Maryland (Hansen…
MAAP Synthesis #3: Deforestation in the Andean Amazon (Trends, Hotspots, Drivers)
MAAP, an initiative of the organization Amazon Conservation, uses cutting-edge satellite technology to monitor deforestation in near real-time in the megadiverse Andean Amazon (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia). The monitoring is based on 5 satellite systems: Landsat (NASA/USGS), Sentinel (European…
MAAP #89: Impacts of Mining Project “Mirador” in the Ecuadorian Amazon
MAAP #89: Impacts of Mining Project “Mirador” in the Ecuadorian Amazon https://www.maaproject.org/mirador-ecuador/ The Ecuadorian Amazon is experiencing a growing number of conflicts directly related to oil and mining extraction projects. Here, we focus on the “Mirador” mining project, an open…
MAAP #88: Deforestation Hotspots in the Ecuadorian Amazon
MAAP #88: Deforestation Hotspots in the Ecuadorian Amazon https://www.maaproject.org/ecuador-hotspots/ Here, we highlight deforestation hotspots, the areas with the highest deforestation densities, in the mega-diverse Ecuadorian Amazon. We then zoom in and focus on a dynamic area in the north that…
MAAP #82: Oil-related Deforestation in Yasuni National Park, Ecuadorian Amazon
MAAP #82: Oil-related Deforestation in Yasuni National Park, Ecuadorian Amazon https://www.maaproject.org/yasuni_eng/ Yasuni National Park, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is arguably the most biodiverse area in the world. It is also the ancestral territory of the Waorani, …
MAAP Interactive: Deforestation Drivers in the Andean Amazon
Since its launch in April 2015, MAAP has published over 70 reports related to deforestation (and natural forest loss) in the Andean Amazon. We have thus far focused on Peru, with several reports in Colombia and Brazil as well. These…