Ecuador Commits to Save the Yasuni Rainforest
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At the Clinton Global Initiative this week, Ecuador pledged to forgo the development of the country’s largest oil reserve in the Amazon basin’s most diverse rainforest located below Yasuni National Park, also home to the Tagaeri-Taromenani indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation
The nation will be essentially kissing an estimated $4.6 million in oil revenues goodbye, making the commitment one of the most significant and ambi…
September 30 2007 05:09 pm | Environment
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