As demand soars, the country’s mangrove forests and the livelihoods of shellfish gatherers are under threat from encroaching farms and unchecked pollution At low tide, Johana Carolina Cruz Potes steps into the mudflats around Isla Costa Rica, in Ecuador ’s Jambelí Archipelago. Holding a bucket a...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/19/world-appetite-shrimp-destroying-ecuador-mangroves)