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Ecuador treads fine line in preserving Amazon reserve

2013-01-26 08:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Deutsche-Welle: Ecuador's plan to refrain from drilling for oil in its rainforests in return for money remains controversial. Critics have questioned the tangible benefits of the project for the forest and its residents. In 2007, Ecudaor's President Rafael Correa first took his radical proposal to the United Nations. He said his country would refrain from drilling for oil in a pristine rainforest in return for payments from rich countries. The proposal jumpstarted a new debate on developmental policies. The project...

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