Ecuador rejects oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest in historic vote
Ecuador rejected oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, located in the Amazon rainforest and home to indigenous people.
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Ecuador rejected oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, located in the Amazon rainforest and home to indigenous people.
Yesterday, Ecuador voted to halt all future oil drilling in a sensitive protected area known for its fragile rainforest ecosystem and isolated Indigenous communities. Millions of people participated in a nationwide referendum to determine whether crude oil should “remain in the subsoil” indefinitely at a site inside Yasuní National Park in Ecuador’s eastern Amazon. More […]