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Endangered Species

The Los Cedros Protected Forest is home to more than two hundred endangered species, according to the Ecuadorian government. It is one of the only places where all three species of monkeys found in the western Andes co-exist, including the Brown-Headed Spider Monkey, one of the most endangered monkeys on the planet, and the most highly threatened primate in Ecuador. 

The researchers of the Richer Than Gold expedition documented hundreds of species of plants and fungi, collected thousands of insects, photographed and catalogued frogs and lizards, tracked monkeys through swaying the treetops, and logged hundreds of bird species. These records of such stunning diversity, deposited at the Ecuadorian National Institute of Biodiversity and including records of many species entirely new to science, serve as a foundation for the legal case to protect Los Cedros from mining development.

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HandLens Productions, LLC - Megamining has come to Ecuador.THE RAINFOREST INFORMATION CENTRE presents a HANDLENS PRODUCTIONS film in association with AUGUST ROAD ENTERTAINMENT ECLECTIC REEL "MARROW OF THE MOUNTAIN" original music by WILLIAM BENTON HAMILTON edited by ANTONELLA CARRASCO DYLAN STIREWALT director of photography ANTONELLA CARRASCO supervising writer FERNANDA ROSSI executive producers MICHAEL ROSEN RAMIN FATHIE GENETTE EATON produced by ROO VANDEGRIFT directed by DYLAN STIREWALT SOLANGE YÉPEZ
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    A documentary about mining in Ecuador, centering the voices of women and a scientific expedition to the heart of the forest.