By Nuri Max Steinmann. Andrea Lema is an young Ecuadorian activist fighting for the rights of nature in her home country. She studied economics and has a master’s degree on environmental and sustainable development. She is the founder of the NGO ‘PlastiCo. Project’, which aims to reduce single-use plastic and promotes the implementation of zero waste models…
Tag: South America
The power of citizen science to protect the mangrove crab in Brazil
By Laura McBride. Often in the pursuit of conserving a species comes the clash between those trying to protect it and those who survive off it. However, a new smartphone app, the brain child of Dr Karen Diele (Edinburgh Napier University/St Abbs Marine Station) and her colleague Dr Anders Schmidt (Federal University of Southern Brazil)…
