"Six years ago, Correa made the international community an offer: - TopicsExpress



          

"Six years ago, Correa made the international community an offer: come up with half of the $7.2 billion value of a 4,000 square mile section of the Amazon jungle and Ecuador would refrain from drilling for oil. Essentially, pay us to keep our oil in the ground. Despite support from celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Bo Derek and the backing of the United Nations, government response was weaker than anticipated and the Yasuni-ITT initiative only collected $13 million of the $3.6 billion target." thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/19/2486501/ecuador-drilling-amazon/
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 04:51:05 +0000

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