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Jeremy Hance mongabay.com October 27, 2009 Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is full of wealth: it is one of the richest places on earth in terms of biodiversity; it is home to the indigenous Waorani people, as well as several... Full Article at Mongabay.com
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Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador by population, which totals 467,000. It is the capital of the Azuay Province. It is located in the highlands of Ecuador at about 8200 feet above sea level. Full Article at Huliq.com
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QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Full Article at EcoEarth News
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* Ecuador offers to leave oil underground for compensation * Ecuador plans diplomatic offensive to promote plan LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Germany, Spain and France have expressed interest in a pioneering Ecuadorean plan not to pump oil from under a... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Full Article at KIVITV.com
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The best way to minimize the risk associated with the carbon bonds is to encourage supporters to make direct donations ... While less problematic from the point of view of environmental integrity, it is harder to raise money that way.
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The government’s priority is to do this with state companies
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This is the first time the government of a major oil-producing country has voluntarily offered to forego lucrative oil extraction in order to help combat climate change
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We are proposing to the world that we will leave that oil underground. That means giving up on $6 billion, but we would thereby avoid polluting the planet
