News feed from sosyasuni.org site: news and campaign information about the Ecuadorian proposal to keep crude underground in Yasuní national park. http://www.sosyasuni.org/en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:47:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.sosyasuni.org/en News feed from sosyasuni.org site: news and campaign information about the Ecuadorian proposal to keep crude underground in Yasuní national park. http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/News/German-paliament-approves-motion-to-support-the-ITT-project-in-Ecuador.html The German parliament, with the support of many different parties, approved to support the proposal by the Ecuadorian Government to keep the oil underground in the ITT field in Yasuní national park. They ask president Correa to extend the term to collect money untill december 08. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:29:58 +0100 http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/News/New-Internationalist-and-Yasuni-Green-Gold-Campaign-publication.html The New Internationalist (http://www.newint.org/yasuni/) , together with the Yasuní Green Gold Campaign (http://www.yasunigreengold.org/) and Movimiento Idun will publish a photo book in September about the Yasuní rainforest. The New Internationalist has also dedicated their July issue to Yasuní national park. (http://www.newint.org/features/2008/07/01/yasuni-keynote/) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:10:04 +0100 http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/News/ECUADOR-CELEBRATES-WORLD-ENVIRONMENT-DAY-MARKS-FIRST-ANNIVERSARY-OF-ITT-INITIATIVE.html (Washington, DC-) In order to celebrate World Environment Day as well as the first anniversary of the signing on the Ishipingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) Initiative, the Embassy of Ecuador in the United States is please to present the status of this unique initiative. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:40:31 +0100 http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/News/Ecuadors-Oil-Change-An-Exporters-Historic-Proposal.html UpsideDownWorld (http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1211/49/) Quito, Ecuador — On a clear day, high in this Andean capital city, the nearby volcanoes glisten in the distance under the equatorial sun. Of the five visible volcanoes, the most startling is Cotopaxi — both for its proximity and for its remarkably receding glacier. Cotopaxi has lost 30 percent of its glacier over the last several years and people are taking notice. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:01:01 +0100 http://www.sosyasuni.org/en/News/Ecuador-s-Yasuni-Park-Oil-Exploration-or-Nature-Protection.html Corpwatch (http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14982) by Agneta Enström. Manuela Omari Ima, a Waorani woman from the Ecuadorian Amazon, was born in the Yasuni National Park, a 2.5 million acre primary tropical rainforest at the intersection of the Andes, the Amazon and the Equator. That intersection is also the heart of a struggle between two plans: one for oil exploration and another that would permanently protect one of the most biologically diverse regions of the planet. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:12:12 +0100