In a huge win for the wild, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador recently ruled that mining in the Los Cedros Biological Reserve, a #KeyBiodiversityArea, violates the rights of nature. This revokes two mining concessions that covered an area of nearly 25,000 acres, overlapped more than 60% of the forest and would have affected the Brilla Sol and Corazón communities. Los Cedros is home to about 226 species at risk of extinction, including the Jaguar, Brown-headed Spider Monkey and the Andean Bear. Los Cedros is so biologically diverse that researchers are regularly discovering species of wildlife. The case of the Los Cedros Biological Reserve is a significant precedent for the conservation of ecosystems and an example of the importance of recognizing the Rights of Nature in the Constitution of Ecuador. #justicialoscedros #saveloscedrosreserve #yestolifenomining