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    Ecuador to halt oil drilling in pristine forest

    Reuters | QUITO - Ecuador said on Tuesday it will not allow oil drilling in a pristine Amazon jungle area inhabited by unique tropical species and Indian tribes hidden from the outside world.The move could hurt the operations of China's Andes Petroleum (0857.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), Spain's Repsol (REP.MC: Quote, Profile,

    October 16, 2007
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    Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

    New York Times | The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia.Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates.Now the six-mon

    October 2, 2007
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    Ecuador Presents Leadership Role on Climate Change

    NEW YORK – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa today presented the Yasuní-ITT Initiative at a United Nations meeting of world leader’s on global climate change.

    September 24, 2007
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    Ecuador Seeks Oil 'Compensation'

    BBC News | The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is reckoned to be one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.

    September 21, 2007
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    $350m to leave oil in the ground

    The Guardian | Lago Agrio – Long before you reach the site the jungle changes. Birds and insects fall quiet, streams turn inky and trees become stunted, their leaves blackened and scrunched up, like fists.

    August 31, 2007
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    Support Grows for Letting Sleeping Amazon Oil Lie

    IPS | QUITO, Aug 23 (IPS) - The innovative offer by the government of Ecuador to refrain from exploiting its largest oil reserve, in exchange for international compensation for nature conservation, is attracting increasing support.While oil prices are soaring, Quito is adopting the civil society initiative calling for the Is

    August 23, 2007
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    The 11th Hour Movie

    The 11th Hour is Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental film, and includes visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet’s ecosystems, as well as insight gathered from over 70 scientists, designers, historians and thinkers.“The 11th Hour examines the human relationship with Earth from its earliest gli

    August 20, 2007
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    Support Grows to Save Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park

    Two months after the Government of Ecuador launched a pioneer proposal to save its most treasured national park from oil extraction, the international community is stepping up to support what could be a precedent setting victory for the environment and indigenous rights worldwide.

    August 9, 2007
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    Hundreds Gather in Ecuador's Rainforest To Send Message to Live Earth Human Banners Call on the World to: Keep Yasuni Park Off Limits to the Oil Industry and Force Chevron to Clean Up Toxic Pollution

    PHOTOS AND B-ROLL AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VIEW THE AMAZON SOS PSA, SEE LINKS BELOWYasuni National Park, Ecuador – Indigenous communities from Yasuni National Park, home to some of the most biodiverse primary tropical rainforest on the planet, sent a message to the world today pleading t

    July 6, 2007
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