Going So Yasuni?

No cash yet offered to save Ecuador rainforest as deadline looms 2

In June 2007, Ecuador offered to avoid oil development in a tract of biodiverse rainforest if other nations and green groups were able to pony up $350 million a year for a decade. Reaction to the pay-to-protect idea was positive, but a twice-bumped-back deadline is coming up in Dec. 2008, and still no funding is in place. The oil field in question lies within Yasuni National Park, home to many endangered flora and fauna, and is officially designated as an "untouchable zone" that is supposed to be a safe haven for reclusive indigenous tribes. Says Huaorani tribe member Penti Baihua, "If the oil companies destroy all of the Yasuni, where will we live?"

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source: The Guardian

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  1. archigeek Posted 12:14 am
    10 Oct 2008

    Careful...This is our future, America, if we are not vigilant: oil feilds in our National Parks and strip mines in national forests. Our natural heritage going to the highest bidder. We can already see the creep of this idea in the efforts of some states to lease some of their infrastructure, such as tollways and bridges, to for-profit companies. As the crisis in fanance continues over the next couple of years, we'll see more and more cash-strapped states attempting these schemes in order to finance just the basic services.

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  2. Angelsnecropolis Posted 4:15 am
    11 Oct 2008

    Black Mail"Give us money or we'll rape this land."

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