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2 00 S, 77 30 W
Regional Information

Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru

Capital City

Quito
Regional Relationships

organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuador's shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands

International Agreements

Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
Climate

Tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands