Independent: A ground-breaking scheme that would have preserved swathes of Ecuadors Amazon Rainforest has been abandoned after raising just $13m (8.3m) of the $3.6bn it needed to operate.
In a development that human rights and environmental campaigners described as a huge missed opportunity, President Rafael Correa has lifted a moratorium on drilling for oil in the remote Yasuni national park, which he had imposed in return for $3.6bn of compensation payments from wealthy governments.
However, three...