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Coca River, a tributary to the Napo River in the
Ecuadorian Amazon, the jungle landscape is idyllic. Small canoes float by with families and some goods. Farmers’ houses are scattered here and there. The riverbank is covered in different kinds of trees and bushes, boasting a myriad nuances of green. The area is close to
Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse places in the world, home to more than 2,000 tree, 204 mammal and 610 bird species. In just one hectare of this fertile land, some 650 tree species have been recorded, more than in the whole of Europe. The river here looks placid, grey and green in colour, but its unremarkable appearance is deceiving.