Kimberley Brown
Freelance Writer and Video Journalist at Freelance
Freelance Journalist in Ecuador since 2014, focused on human rights & environment. Engrossed by most things Colombian. Coffee addict and frequent philosophizer
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | Kimberley Brown
Raul*, a biologist from Quito, has been leading conservation projects in the Chocó rainforest in north-east Ecuador for more than 20 years. It has not been easy, he says, recalling the threats he has received over the years for reporting illegal hunters and loggers in reserves, but he never considered giving up. Last year, however, tensions in the area escalated after violence soared on the country’s coast.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
news.mongabay.com | Kimberley Brown
During his 2023 campaign, Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, today the country’s president, promised to build two new maximum-security prisons as a way to tackle rising violence and gang-controlled prisons. Both prisons were planned in areas with sensitive ecosystems and claimed by Indigenous communities; yet the state failed to seek the consent of the communities, as required under Ecuador’s Constitution.
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Nov 10, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Kimberley Brown
It’s 6.30pm in Quito, and Anamary Mazorra Vázquez’sflat has fallen into darkness after weeks of government-mandated power cuts to manage Ecuador’s electricity crisis. She puts clothes away by the light of her phone while her husband, Roberto Vaca,seated on the bed by the window, uses the streetlights to help feed their two-year-old son, who has special needs. With a newborn and two toddlers to care for, Vázquez’s life has been turned upside down by the blackouts, she says.
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Sep 30, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Kimberley Brown
Walking along a path his grandfather once used, Donald Cabrera, a villager from Bajada de Chanduy, on the coast of Ecuador, points out different trees and their uses. Talking about the imposing ceibo trees, he praises the fluffy white kapok fibre that falls from their branches, which his ancestors used for mattresses. From the guasango tree, he highlights the tough wood that people used to make floors and tables for their houses – and even coffins.
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Aug 22, 2024 |
rsn.org | Kimberley Brown
Overfishing, invasive species and rubbish mountains are putting a strain on the islands’ delicate ecosystemsIn the humid Galápagos highlands, surrounded by tall scalesia trees, biologist Carolina Proaño has her head to the ground, checking nests for signs of new eggs or recent visits. She has long been trying to save the Galápagos petrel, a critically endangered black and white seabird known for making its nest in the ground and returning to the same spot every year during mating season.
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“Until a few years ago, biologists were not part of the crime food chain” Today, scientists in Ecuador are facing increased security threats while doing fieldwork, in an increasingly violent country. My latest for @guardian https://t.co/NtmSl7DqJv
RT @MoniVelasquezV: 📢 El anuncio de Noboa. 📅 El 14 de octubre de 2024, en cadena nacional, Daniel Noboa informó sobre las plantaciones de 2…
Ecuador's power cuts went back to 12 hours a day this week, after nearly two months of blackouts! The hydro-dependent country is seeing a severe drought, but bad policy decisions and slow govt reactions etc are also to blame. My latest for @guardianworld https://t.co/xyQCBAgrvE
