Santiago Arcos

    • Projects
      • La Cienega
      • Creating Homeless - Isla Trinitaria
      • Smoke (Life is what it is)
      • Wildfires in Quito
    • Multimedia
      • The Skin of Palestine
      • Smoke (Life is what it is)
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      • NGO Portfolio
      • Turtle Haven - Reuters
      • The Fight for Water: Quimsacocha - Global Green Grants Fund
      • The Waiting Line - Venezuelan Migrant Crisis in Ecuadorian's northern border -UNICEF
      • Mercedes Benz Classic - In the land of the sun
      • Ecuador Uprising 2019 (Guayaquil) - Reuters
      • Earthquake Aftermath Relief - UHNCR
      • Fatherhood in Amaluza - Eltern Magazine
      • Earthquake Aftermath Relief - UNICEF
      • The Highlands - UICN
      • Vilcabamba - Smithosnian's Journeys
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(2012) I had just moved to Quito, and was surprised how little the locals were surprised with these smoke stains on the forested slopes surrounding the city. 
During a two-month drought, approximately 2565 forest fires (many allegedly human-caused) burned 3796 hectares of forests, some houses and many wild animals. Luckily, no humans died, but it took decades before the affected areas recover.