When development drilling in the Yasuni began, the president pledged promised that drilling would occur in only a minute fraction of the park, and that it would be low-impact. In June, a satellite photo revealed a 26-meter wide road, big enough to handle heavy trucks, had been cut 20 km into the Yasuni. In response, Petroamazonas insisted that it was an “ecological trail” (sendero ecologico), which would be revegetated. In April, a youth collective called the YASunidos submitted nearly 800,000 signatures it had gathered on a petition calling for a national referendum about exploitation of the ITT oil fields.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:01:01 +0000
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