QUITO, Ecuador—The USAID/World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Economic Inclusion Project (EIP) in April joined Transactional Network of Credit Unions (Coonecta) and the Ecuadorian Integration Network of Credit Unions (ICORED) to launch the Financial Education Network in Ecuador—a new program designed to coordinate efforts between the three entities to more effectively promote financial education and inclusion, as well as economic growth.
Ecuador this month recognized a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest in hopes of protecting Indigenous land from threats like mining and livestock. The Tarímiat Pujutaí Nuṉka Reserve covers 1,237,395 hectares (3,057,671 acres) of Andean and Amazonian forests in the Morona Santiago province of eastern Ecuador, where numerous Shuar and Achuar communities have for years […]
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