Laurie is joined from Quito by Yolanda Kakabadse, a leading conservationist and former president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF, 2010-17) and environment minister in Ecuador (1998-2000). They discuss the toll of coronavirus on Ecuador, whether a more sustainable world can be built from the wreckage of the current crisis, and how environmentalists can better convey their urgent message.

Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America | The Conversation, April 24

https://theconversation.com/deaths-and-desperation-mount-in-ecuador-epicenter-of-coronavirus-pandemic-in-latin-america-137015

Ecuador battles the coronavirus - and fake news | Miami Herald, April 8

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article241853291.html

Yolanda Kakabadse on the power of dialogue and sustainability | WWF, Spring 2019

https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/spring-2019/articles/yolanda-kakabadse-on-the-power-of-dialogue-and-sustainability

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