Chances are you've never heard of the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam. It's a project that was designed to supercharge renewable energy in Ecuador. Instead, it brought oil spills, flash floods, corruption, and crippling debt.

In the second half of our two-part series on Ecuador's Amazon, we're examining how the ill-advised dam continues to plague indigenous communities years after it was inaugurated.

In this episode:

Sigrid Vasconez (@sigridvasconez), an environmental biologist working with Curbing Corruption (@CurbingCorruptn). 

For more:

Part 1: Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon

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Chances are you've never heard of the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam. It's a project that was designed to supercharge renewable energy in Ecuador. Instead, it brought oil spills, flash floods, corruption, and crippling debt.In the second half of our two-part series on Ecuador's Amazon, we're examining how the ill-advised dam continues to plague indigenous communities years after it was inaugurated.In this episode:Sigrid Vasconez (<a href="https://twitter.com/sigridvasconez" target="_blank">@sigridvasconez</a>), an environmental biologist working with Curbing Corruption (<a href="https://twitter.com/CurbingCorruptn" target="_blank">@CurbingCorruptn</a>). For more:<a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/07/27/escaping-coronavirus-in-ecuadors-amazon" target="_blank">Part 1: Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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