Deforestation is the largest contributor to climate change as agriculture, logging, drilling colonization, forest fires and overgrazing have taken over the natural world. Ecuador is known as a biological hot spot but is also in critical danger from loosing such biodiversity due to deforestation. There are four major regions in Ecuador: la oriente, la sierra, la costa and the Galapagos. The Oriente or Eastern part of Ecuador makes up the Amazon basin and its many national parks and reserves. The Oriente area suffers from biodiversity loss due to the extraction of oil in the area. The Sierra region of Ecuador focuses on the Andes Mountain range that runs down the middle of the country. The area is mainly used for agricultural and ranching purposes. La Costa, which borders the Pacific Ocean has many large ports and cites that have removed many mangrove land area for their sprawl. The Galapagos Islands are volcanic land masses 1,000 km from the Ecuadorian mainland. The area contains many indigenous species, plant and animal alike. Sources: https://www.chimuadventures.com/blog/2016/12/geography-of-ecuador/
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ExperienceThrough Stockton University, I traveled to Ecuador where I studied Biodiversity, |