By Fernando Gimeno Quito, Jun 2 (EFE).- Residents of the Choco Andino, a UN-designated biosphere reserve just 90 minutes from downtown Quito, have secured a referendum on a proposal to ban mining from the territory where Andean spectacled bears frolic and more than 3,000 different species of plants flourish. Encompassing an area of 286,000 hectares …
The electoral council validated the signatures required for the referendum and is waiting for the municipality of Quito to provide the official maps of the parishes in which the vote would take place.