“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall
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CONTROVERSIAL ECUADOR OIL DEAL LETS CHINA STAKE AN $80-MILLION CLAIM TO PRISTINE AMAZON RAINFOREST
They tried talks. They tried letters. They tried protests. But nothing could stop the deal. Ecuador’s government sold oil exploration rights in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest to a consortium of Chinese state-owned oil companies this week, despite dogged resistance from indigenous groups in the South American country who fear they could lose everything.
DRILLING TOWARDS DISASTER: ECUADOR'S AGGRESSIVE AMAZONIAN OIL PUSH
"The park and its indigenous peoples are under siege," said Leo Cerda, a Kichwa youth leader and Amazon Watch Field Coordinator. "If this is how a national park is treated, imagine what drilling in an 'unprotected' area looks like."
WHY IS THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IMPORTANT?
The Amazon rainforest has long been recognized as a repository of ecological services not only for local tribes and communities, but also for the rest of the world. It is also the only rainforest that we have left in terms of size and diversity.
