Leaving the oil under the amazon: Ecuador's yasuní-itt initiative

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Finer, Matt ^a   Moncel, Remi ^b   Jenkins, Clinton N ^c,d  

^a Save America's Forests   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Climate change; Ecuador; Oil development; Waorani; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; OIL PRODUCTION; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 73649108574     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00587.x     Document Type: Review

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