Oil spills endanger people and biodiversity in Ecuador

Shuchita Jha

Oil spills are a growing problem in the Amazonian country of Ecuador. Though over 4,600 oil spill sites were identified by the country's government in 2022, less than half of them have been cleaned up. The rest continue to release hazardous chemicals and heavy metals, polluting the soil and water of the region. This leads to severe health risks and loss of plant and animal biodiversity.

Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

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Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

Sanshey Biswas

Starting his career as a print journalist in '14 at a weekly newspaper in India, he quickly gravitated to working on the digital side. He is a self-taught multimedia journalist who loves to learn from and with his colleagues spread across the globes.