Yasuni-ITT Initiative was a proposal by the government of Ecuador to refrain indefinitely from exploiting the oil reserves of the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) oil field within the Yasuni ...

Decisions in two branches of Ecuador's government have set the stage for a final battle over oil extraction in Yasuni National Park, a mega-diverse rainforest reserve in that country's portion of the ...

Yasuní National Park, located in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters a range of world biodiversity records—from trees to amphibians to insects to mammals and an array of other plant and animal ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador's government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday's court-imposed deadline for ...

Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is reputed to be the biologically richest place on earth. Its 3791 square miles are believed to contain more ...

*All links lead to posts in Spanish, except where otherwise indicated. Hundreds of people in several Ecuadorian cities have mobilized in defense of Yasuni National Park, demanding that its crude oil ...

One month ago, on Aug. 20, Ecuador voted to end all oil extraction in Yasuní National Park, marking a historic decision in the global effort to halt fossil fuel extraction in ecologically important ...

AUSTIN, Texas—A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians ...