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“Keep the Oil in the Soil”: Ecuador Seeks Money to Keep Untapped Oil Resources Underground |
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Sunday, 13 December 2009 |
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As delegates discuss various ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen, Ecuador has a simple message: keep untapped oil in the ground.
Ivonne Yanez is an environmental activist from Ecuador, one of the
larger oil producing countries in Latin America. Ecuador is believed to
be sitting on an oil reserve of hundreds of millions of barrels. But
the oil is located in the Yasuni National Park, one of the most
biodiverse places on the planet. Ecuador has launched a unique campaign
to have the international community compensate the country in exchange
for keeping the oil in the ground.
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