Ecuador Wants $60 Million by December to Save "Paradise"

Por Gil C. Schmidt

13 de agosto 2011 11:28 PM EDT

Ecuador is willing to leave intact one of the last great wilderness areas in the world if some $60 million dollars is pledged by December 2011. The Yasuni National Park is a pristine rain forest at the foot of the Andes. Although oil has been extracted from the area since the 1930s, mainly by Shell Corporation, a recent oil find of about $7 to 8 bilion dollars in estimated worth endangers the future of the region.