UN-Backed Plan In Ecuador To Leave Oil In Ground Praised As Model Of Partnership

UN-Backed Plan In Ecuador To Leave Oil In Ground Praised As Model Of Partnership   An Ecuadorian decision to leave vast amounts of oil in the ground to protect the biodiversity of a national park represents a model of the kind of innovative international partnership that benefits everyone, a senior United Nations official said today.   United Nations Development Programme ("http://www.undp.org/" UNDP) Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan told journalists that the plan would leave 20 per...

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