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Yasuni

Campaign Update Yasuni-ITT Proposal Update Enthusiasm continues to surround the Ecuadorian government’s landmark proposal to keep its largest oil reserve, located beneath Yasuni... July 25, 2008

Press Release Ecuador Celebrates World Environment Day Marks First Anniversary of ITT Initiative June 5, 2008

Campaign Update ECUADORIAN INDIGENOUS CONFEDERATION PROTESTS MINING LAW (Quito, January 21. January 21, 2008

News Indígenas Huaroani piden explicaciones sobre la entrega de la licencia a Petrobras Quito, 31 oct- Medio centenar de indígenas de la etnia huaorani, que habitan en el norte de la... November 1, 2007

News Ecuador clears Petrobras for Block 31 oilfield QUITO - Ecuador has authorized an environmental permit for Brazil's Petrobras to develop the Block 31 oilfield in... October 23, 2007

News Ecuador to halt oil drilling in pristine forest QUITO - Ecuador said on Tuesday it will not allow oil drilling in a pristine Amazon jungle area... October 16, 2007

News Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping... October 2, 2007

Press Release Ecuador’s Pioneering Climate Change Plan Announced at Clinton Global Initiative President Correa’s Proposal Would Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Protect the Amazon and Make Ecuador an Environmental World Leader New York – Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s proposal to ban drilling in the ITT block of Yasuni National... September 27, 2007

Press Release Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT Proposal Recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative - A Step Towards a Sustainable Economy New York – Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), the Ecuadorian proposal “Leaving Ecuador’s Oil in the... September 26, 2007

Press Release 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... September 24, 2007

News Ecuador Seeks Oil 'Compensation' The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is reckoned to be one of the most biodiverse regions on the... September 21, 2007

News $350m to leave oil in the ground Lago Agrio – Long before you reach the site the jungle changes. Birds and insects fall quiet, streams... August 31, 2007

News Support Grows for Letting Sleeping Amazon Oil Lie QUITO, Aug 23 (IPS) - The innovative offer by the government of Ecuador to refrain from exploiting its... August 23, 2007

Campaign Update The 11th Hour Movie The 11th Hour is Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental film, and includes visionary and practical solutions for restoring the... August 20, 2007

Campaign Update 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... August 9, 2007

Press Release 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... July 6, 2007

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