# @leonardodicaprio on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CXWhGydsXoL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11775153-leonardodicaprio-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/2b653a59e3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-12-11T18:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio) — https://gondola.cc/leonardodicaprio

## Caption

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

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yestolifenomining, justicialoscedros, saveloscedrosreserve, keybiodiversityarea

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