The King’s Knife (in Spanish La Cuchilla de Rey) is a mountainous ridge that forms part of the Awacachi Corridor. In the 16th century, during the rule of the Inca Empire, the famous Inca King Atahualpa lived in the highland city of Quito. Agile and specially trained Inca messengers called chasquis would pass information and goods across the ridge, in the form of an extremely efficient long distance relay. The relay system linked the coast and the sierra, a distance that spanned...
This “Native Trees Campaign” is particularly inspiring as it combines replanting threatened trees in degraded areas with educational outreach about the importance of preserving the forest to three local community schools. The schools were involved in environmental education and awareness, tree propagation and planting activities. Five threatened species of tree being reforested were: tangare, chanul, aray and two types of guayacan. 23,000 seeds were collected from the corridor, spread...
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