Potential of Best Practice to Reduce Impacts from Oil and Gas Projects in the Amazon

16 May 2013, 14.42

www.plosone.org Abstract The western Amazon continues to be an active and controversial zone of hydrocarbon exploration and production. We argue for the urgent need to implement best practices to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts associated with the sector. Here, we present a three-part study aimed at resolving the major obstacles impeding the advancement of best practice in the region. Our focus is on Loreto, Peru, one of the largest and most dynamic hydrocarbon zones in the

Ethnic conflict in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park

16 April 2013, 21.41

Survival International Waorani land in Ecuador is under huge pressure from oil companies and loggers In the last month there have been reports of two violent incidents in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park involving members of the Waorani tribe. The killings have renewed claims that outside pressures are causing increased violence in the

Petition to halt oil exploration in Ecuadorean Amazon gets 1m signatures

07 February 2013, 10.58

The Guardian Campaign urges Ecuador to stop exploration threatening indigenous community in area of exceptional biodiversity A global campaign to stop oil exploration in a pristine corner of the Ecuadorean Amazon has collected more than a million online signatures in little more than a week. The show of support is a major boost to the small indigenous community of Sani Isla that has been resisting intrusions by Ecuador's state-run oil company Petroamazonas. It is also a rebuke to Ecuador's

Ecuadorean tribe will 'die fighting' to defend rainforest

21 January 2013, 16.45

The Guardian Ecuador's Yasuni national park – seen by many as the most biodiverse place on Earth – is at risk from rising extinction rates globally and local economic pressures to exploit the oil beneath the forest Link to video: Yasuni national park: 'We want to give it as a gift for humanity' In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history of Amazon forest conservation, an indigenous community of about 400 villagers is preparing to resist the Ecuadorean army and one

With 6 Million Pledged, Ecuador Moves Forward With Plan to Protect Rainforest

30 January 2012, 15.58

Science AAAS After receiving pledges totaling more than its goal of $100 million by a year-end deadline, the Ecuadorian government last week announced that it would move forward with the so-called Yasuni ITT Initiative, an innovative plan to leave untapped more than 900 million barrels of crude oil beneath a pristine Amazonian nature reserve, in exchange for annual international

Save Yasuni National Park from the Oil Companies! - UK aid

22 October 2011, 20.09

e-petition Responsible department: Department for Energy and Climate Change The signatories to this petition wish to save Yasuni national

"Poor" start to jungle protection plan: Ecuador

04 October 2011, 22.27

By Dave GrahamNEW YORK | Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:04pm EDT(Reuters) - Rich nations are failing to do enough to compensate Ecuador for not tapping billions of dollars worth of oil from the biologically diverse Yasuni jungle reserve, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on

Bo Derek: Save Amazon's Yasuni National Park From Oil Drilling

03 October 2011, 18.57

huffingtonpost.com While the rest of the world succumbed to the last ice age, an ecological haven avoided the freeze. Today, it is one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, an unspoiled goldmine for scientific discovery, but cursed with an underbelly of almost one billion barrels of crude oil.Actress Bo Derek is an ambassador for a new initiative to save part of the Amazon rainforest and the last remaining voluntary isolated communities, including the Waorani tribe that currently lives there.

New map reveals the most biodiverse place on Earth, but already threatened by oil

22 September 2011, 22.52

mongabay.com By Jeremy Hance. A new map highlights the importance of conserving Yasuni National Park as the most biodiverse ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, and maybe even on Earth. Scientists released the map to coincide with the United National General Assembly in support of a first-of-its-kind initiative to save the park from oil exploration through international donations to offset revenue loss. Known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the plan, if successful, would protect a 200,000 hectare bloc

UN Launches Sustainability Initiative To Save Ecuador's Yasuni Forest

22 September 2011, 22.45

Justmeans.comThe UN and the Ecuadorian government have embarked on a joint mission to save one of the world's most bio-diverse forests. And it needs everyone's help. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced it is now accepting donations of all sizes to its trust fund to preserve in perpetuity a vital section of Ecuador's Yasuni National Park in the Amazon

Wishing Ogoni Yasuni

02 September 2011, 06.58

NextFlowing from the Eastern slopes of the Andes, the Napo River in North Eastern Ecuador offers travellers a swift downstream ride. The broad river with occasional sand bars was so replete with driftwood that as the Oilwatch team sailed on it a week ago, we had to hold our breath when it seemed the pilot would run smack into some. Happily the over four-hour ride from Coca, the capital city of Orellana Province, to Neuva Rocafuerte, close to the Ecuadorian border with Peru, was devoid of

Ecuador is at an environmental crossroads

23 August 2011, 10.52

The EconomicEcuador has given the world a choice, pay them $60 million by December and they will not allow oil drilling in one of the most environmentally diverse areas of the world.Ecuador has benefited in the past from the oil industry having earned $130 billion from over the decades and now gets 40% of its income from it.But, according to the Guardian, another huge oilfield has been located under the Yasuni national park, which is home to some of the most diverse flora and fauna in the

Ecuador: four months to save the world's last great wilderness from 'oil curse'

23 August 2011, 10.50

Ecuador: four months to save the world's last great wilderness from 'oil curse' John Vidal The Observer, Sunday 14 August 2011 When large reserves of oil were discovered under Yasuní national park, Ecuador offered the world a choice: give us money and we will not allow drilling. Now $60m must be found by December. Where the foothills of the Andes meet the vast Amazonian rainforest in eastern Ecuador there is a small town called Shell. It's a pockmarked,

A Wild Idea

23 August 2011, 10.47

Documentary about the Yasuní ITT initiative by Verónica Moscoso. A Wild Idea Trailer from veronica moscoso on

Ecuador Wants Million by December to Save "Paradise"

23 August 2011, 10.44

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

Festival "Wings for the Yasuni" (Alas por el Yasuni)

02 June 2011, 12.04

The World Environment Day, yearly on 5 June, is a good occasion to celebrate our environment and Mother Earth and that’s why Amazonia por la Vida is organizing on 5 June 2011 the festival “Wings for the Yasuni”. The goal is to celebrate the World Environment Day but also to inform the public about the alternatives in the struggle for the extractivist model and taking the Yasuni case as a symbol for the post-oil societies, the festival will be organized in three neighborhoods of Quito to