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Trees or oil Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009

The Economist.

An ambitious scheme to save pristine forest starts to take shape


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No oil from the rainforest Print E-mail
Friday, 26 June 2009

Climate Protection (From: Wir Klimaretter ) Germany wants to pay 50 million US dollars annually into a trust fund so that Ecuador won´t exploit its huge oil reserves in the jungle.

Gerhard Dilger, Porto Alegre

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22 members of the European Parliament send letter to President Correa Print E-mail
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
22 members of the European parliament sent a letter to President Correa in which they ask him to extend the ITT proposal to the whole of the Yasuní biosfere reserves, as well as other UNESCO recognized biosfere reserves in Ecuador.

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Yasuní: The Last Chance or the First Step? Print E-mail
Thursday, 05 March 2009
By Esperanza Martínez
Acción Ecologica

On Februray 5, 2009, presidential decree number 1572 indefinitely extended an initiative not to exploit crude oil located in Yasuní National Park in Ecuador.
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Ecuador Decree Keeps Oil Companies at Bay Print E-mail
Monday, 16 February 2009
President Indefinitely Extends Historic Rainforest Protection Proposal  

Quito, Ecuador, Feb 24 (AW)--The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, recently signed a decree that breathed new life into the country’s pioneer proposal to keep its largest oil field permanently underground in one of the most pristine areas of rainforest in the world. 
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Ecuador Seeks to Commercialize Rainforest Print E-mail
Tuesday, 25 November 2008

By Christian Schwägerl, Der Spiegel

Ecuador is the first country in the world to announce plans to leave the oil reserves beneath its rainforests in the ground. The country wants foreign businesses, including German companies, to compensate it for making this sacrifice.

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Letter of WAORANI women to the Government of Ecuador Print E-mail
Friday, 07 November 2008

Lago Agrio, 6th of November 2008

We, as women, made this document in paper and in your language. We cannot speak to you because we live far away and because you don't understand our language.
Look at this paper Mr. President, it contains our words, the words of the Waorani women.

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Costing the Earth Print E-mail
Tuesday, 21 October 2008

New Internationalist. As the deadline for gathering pledges for the Yasuní proposal to leave oil in the ground in return for financial compensation fast approaches, pressure is mounting to tap into the global carbon market. But at what cost, asks Adam Ma’anit?

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Anita’s visit puts Yasuní on the map Print E-mail
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
News from the Yasuni Green Gold campaign blog in the UK
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes a letter of support for the Yasuní proposal Print E-mail
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
South African archbishop emeritus of Cape Tow, Desmond Tutu, supports the proposal to keep oil underground in Yasuní national Park.
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Ecuador - Pay-to-protect plan for Ecuadorian rainforest on the brink Print E-mail
Monday, 13 October 2008
The Guardian. Ecuador's offer to prevent oil drilling in the protected Yasuni national park if it receives compensation of $350m a year has received no firm commitment from the international community.
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