Biocultural Diversity in Ecuador more

Ecuador is one of the richest treasures of biodiversity in the world, with its variety of ecosystems and species. This is even more surprising if one considers the small extension of its territory. The secret of such evolutionary engine is all in the backbone of mountains running north to south and separating the country in three different ecosystems, with many transition areas in between.Moreover, natural richness goes along with an exuberant linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Not by chance, scholars adopt more and more often the term "biocultural diversity": causes of biological and cultural diversification are probably intertwined, forming a node of interrelationships. We observe and tell about this in the first mainland stage of "Velisti per caso" in South America, following Darwin's path.