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Oil company breaks agreement, builds roads Yasuni rainforest
2014-06-05 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: When the Ecuadorian government approved permits for an oil company to drill deep in Yasuni National Park-an area known as Block 31-it was on the condition that the company undertake a roadless design with helicopters doing the majority of the leg-work. However, a new report based on high-resolution satellite imagery has uncovered that the company in question, Petroamazonas, has flouted the agreement's conditions, building a massive access road, at least one permanent bridge, and cutting more forest...
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