Ecuador: Yasuni, Good Living - Documentary Video On The Yasuni National Park And Oil

Ecuador: Yasuni, Good Living - Documentary Video On The Yasuni National Park And Oil   This film shows through different lenses the origins and development of the idea of “leaving oil in the soil” (850 million barrels) in one part of the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador. It argues that in this way biodiversity would be preserved, indigenous peoples would be protected, and carbon dioxide emissions would be avoided. Esperanza Martinez of Accion Ecologica and Alberto Acosta, the former...

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