AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoGalápagos Science: Researchers found no blue whales during surveys from October 2025 to July 2026. El Niño’s unusually warm waters may have pushed the whales toward cooler, food-rich waters farther south. Wildlife Research: Camera traps in Ecuador’s dry forests recorded a grison trying to hunt adult turkey vultures, challenging assumptions about the predator’s behavior. Wildlife Protection: Authorities seized 32 live Galápagos marine iguanas at Quito airport in an attempted shipment to Iceland, renewing calls to stop trafficking. Biodiversity: Quito hosted Ecuador’s first World Biodiversity Summit, putting conservation and implementation in the spotlight. Banana Industry: Fairtrade says extreme weather linked to El Niño is disrupting Ecuadorian banana production; during the previous event, productivity fell 22%, adding to pressure on growers for better pay. Cleaner Mining: A mercury-capture system developed by Mercer University teams aims to reduce toxic emissions from small-scale gold mining, including in Ecuador.
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