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The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has indicated that the first option for the country is to leave the crude oil of Yasuní untouched underground.  The idea is to stimulate the national and international society to contribute in this expensive national decision. The government expects, through this mechanism, to recover 50% of the income it would have obtained by extracting the crude oil.
 
The State will emit certificates for the crude oil of Yasuní, and promise to keep the crude underground forever and use the funds to better protect Yasuní National Park. 

The arguments in favour of this proposal are:

  1. This proposal is the only unquestioned solution to climate change
  2. Conservation of biodiversity 
  3. Protection of the indigenous inhabitants of Yasuní
  4. Transformation of the Ecuadorian economy away from oil

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