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In Ecuador biosphere, battle lines form over mining plans / 33GR9NC
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The Choco Andino Biosphere Reserve near Ecuador's capital Quito is a UN-designated biodiversity hotspot and the center of an increasingly heated debate over mining. Mining companies want to exploit sites within the sprawling reserve, home to species like the spectacled bear. At least 12 mining concessions are in exploratory stages, although no mine has yet opened. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES