Yasuni-ITT:The Politics of Maintaining Oil in the Soil and Money Grow on Trees
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An investigation into the politics surrounding the Yasuni-ITT initiative. The Yasuni-ITT initiative is an attempt made by the ecuadorian government to keep Yasuni national park free from oil-exploitation, in order to protect its biodiversity, three indigenous groups living in the area and preventing the output of 407 million tons of CO2.
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Oil, Ecuador, Yasuni, Waorani, nature-culture divide, climate change, indigenous