The General Comptroller of the State will audit the mining projects: Fruta del Norte, Mirador, Quimsacocha, Río Blanco, San Carlos-Panantza, Llurimagua and Cascabel. This was stated on Tuesday by Yaku Pérez, president of the Ecuarunari, commenting on the results of … Continue reading
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Rediscovery of the nearly extinct longnose harlequin frog Atelopus longirostris (Bufonidae) in Junín, Imbabura, Ecuador
source:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2017.1327000 We report the recent finding of four adults of Atelopus longirostris, a Critically Endangered species that was last seen in 1989, when catastrophic Atelopus declines occurred. The rediscovery of A. longirostris took place in a new locality, Junín, 1250–1480 … Continue reading