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 ...

France and Ecuador have announced a plan to curb deforestation in famed Amazonian national park, Yasuní, while promoting its improved administration. Peru, Colombia and Brazil are expected to see ...

A recent study proposes a new methodology to map parts of the Ecuadoran Amazon where fossil fuel reserves must be kept untapped to meet global climate goals, and says it can be replicated and scaled ...

Aerial photo of the Tiputini Processing Center of state-owned Petroecuador in Yasuni National Park, northeastern Ecuador. Rodrigo Buendia / AFP via Getty Images Ecuadoreans voted to ban oil drilling ...

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 ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Heart of the forest Ecuador's Napo River feeds into the Amazon in oil-rich ...

Map of spills inside Block 43, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Note: This map omits a March 31, 2023, chemical leak at the Ishpingo field caused by a tank plug failure; irregular coordinates in the ...

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 ...