Ecuador sing the UUNN agreement to keep the oil underground

Ecuador's $3.6bn scheme to save its rainforest from exploitation could point the way to sparing other threatened landscapes

By Esmé McAvoy
Sunday, 8 August 2010

The world's first genuinely green energy deal is about to be sealed. In a plan which could be a blueprint for saving large tracts of the planet from exploitation, a greater value is being put on a pristine wilderness than on the oil that lies beneath.

While the world's industrialised countries are building complex carbon markets to enable them to carry on polluting, Ecuador has come up with a much simpler idea for mitigating climate change: leave the oil underground. It is promising to lock up as much as a fifth of its oil reserves indefinitely, providing rich nations pay out at least half the market value of the oil – some $3.6bn – as compensation.

The trail-blazing proposal was first floated in 2007, but it took a step towards reality last week when the UN Development Programme signed an agreement with the Ecuadorean government to be the independent administrator for the project's trust fund. The accord makes Ecuador the only country in the world offering to leave lucrative oil reserves untapped in an attempt to slow climate change.

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BIlbao Campaign Presentation

Yasuni Green Gold Campaign presentation, Bilbao 2010

Since 9 months ago the Government has a plan B to exploit oil in Yasun

For nine months the Government has a plan B to exploit oil in Yasuni. Although, on the one hand, the regime insists that its priority is to make 846 million barrels of crude beneath the sill of the Yasuni, the other handles the alternative of extraction....

(keep reading the notice clickin in the link)

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International Organizations ask for an Audit of Yasuni

Ginés Haro Pastor, representing the Yasuni Green Gold Campaign, participated last October 2009 in Ecuador in conducting a verification mission to the Yasuni. What's happening in the area? What are the implications of the proposed non-exploitation of the ITT oil? What are the current problems experienced in the area? These are some questions that led us to organize this mission international. The mission had the opportunity to talk with local authorities, with community members and visiting different areas within the Park and the ITT block. The report included their comments and especially this proposal: "To do an environmental audit of Yasuni". Thus, the ITT Yasuni proposal will be more viable, more accurate and with more impact
The report can be downloaded at the following link (sorry, its in Spanish. do you want to translate?help us spreading the word. If interested writte at info@yasunigreengold.org)

Original Spanish text:

Ginés Haro Pastor, en representación de la Campaña Yasuni Oro Verde, participó el pasado mes de octubre del 2009 en la realización en Ecuador de una misión de verificación al Yasuní. ¿Qué está pasando en la zona? ¿Cuáles son los alcances de la propuesta de no explotación del crudo del ITT? Cuáles son los actuales problemas que se viven en la zona? son algunas de las preguntas que nos llevaron a organizar esta misión internacional.
La misión tuvo la oportunidad de hablar con las autoridades locales, con miembros de las comunidades y visitar diferentes zonas dentro del Yasuní.
El informe de la misión recoge sus observaciones y sobre todo su propuesta: “Hacer una auditoria ambiental del Yasuní”. De esta manera la propuesta Yasuní ITT será más viable, más certera y con mayores impactos

Pueden descargarse el informe en el siguiente link

Waorani women defend Yasuni

"ASOCIACIÓN DE MUJERES HUAORANI"(women waorani association) resits the oil activities

More time to Yasuni¡

Good news - another 6 months has been given to get support for the proposal, until July 2009.

On the 12th of January, only a few days after the minister for oil and
mining announced that the ITT block was now open for bids, the
Ecuadorian government seemed to have a change of heart. Instead a
further 6 months (until the July 2009) was given to the proposal to
not exploit the oil under the heart of the Yasuni in return for
international compensation.

Minister Falconí, who announced this development, said that the
Yasuni-ITT Initiative is a breaking point in the history of Ecuador
and is a symbol of the government of the Civic Revolution.

Reason for this extension seems to be due to heavy support form the
German and Norwegian governments and interest from the European
Parliament, organizations like the IDB and the World Bank and various
organizations of civil society.

However others believe that with national elections coming up in
Ecuador, this is simply a way for Correa to keep the votes of those
eager to protect the Yasuní.

Either way, the interest shown by the international community has
meant that it is now not possible to drop the proposal without
consequence. It is important that we take advantage of this and keep
pushing for a fairer proposal.

Click here to read more

You can read here some of the reactions about the "Yasuni Green Gold" book in Ecuador

To keep going with our "Yasuni Green Gold Campaign" we urgently need more funding. Please support the Campign:

* Donate
* Buy a book (and learn more about Yasuni National Park)
* Help us finding some funding. Writte us to info@yasunigreengold.org

Save Yasuni!

Ecuador: Launch of the "Yasuni Green Gold" book

PRESS RELEASE N. 001

Anita Rivas, Mayor of Francisco de Orellana
Puerto Francisco de Orellana, 12th January 2009

LAUNCH OF THE BOOK YASUNÍ GREEN GOLD, THE AMAZON FIGHT TO KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 6:00pm, in the Benjamín Carrión Room of the Ecuadorian Cultural Center in Quito, the launch event of the book "YASUNÍ GREEN GOLD" will take place. It will be organized by the local Government of Francisco de Orellana, as a part of the Yasuní Green Gold International Campaign (promoted by Movimiento IDUN and New Internationalist) whose aim is to restrict development in environmentally fragile areas.

The book "YASUNí GREEN GOLD" uses wonderful photographs to show the world the untold riches that the Yasuní National Park keeps, both in social and biological biodiversity. It also shows the negative impacts caused by the multinational oil companies that have been working in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the ‘untouchable zone’ is located, and the fight of the inhabitants of this part of Ecuador against the activity of the hydrocarbons to defeat their territory and their human rights.

The authors of this book, Ginés Haro (Spanish) and Geogina Donati (British), with a clear conscience of the value of this natural treasure, were able to classify and organize many photographs from the Digital Photography Bank – property of the local Government of Francisco de Orellana and produced by Mauro Burzio. These pictures show not only the way of life of three ancient indigenous groups – the Huaorani, Kichwa Naparuna and Shuar – but also the way they protect the forest, because it represents the last refuge for the Tagaeri and Taromenane, two indigenous groups who still live in voluntary isolation today.

Anita Rivas, the mayor of Francisco de Orellana, emphasized the importance of this book, now more than ever, when the National Government has announced its decision of exploiting the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini-ITT camp, an oil reserve that is inside the Yasuní National Park. This decision contradicts the former position of leaving the oil in ground, presented on October 2007.

Anita also appealed to the environmental institutions and many social and cultural organizations to attend this significant event for the country. This event constitutes a way of declaring oneself in favor of the conservation of one of the largest biodiversity reserves, not only in Ecuador, but in the world. Furthermore, this is an exemplary action to avoid climate change.

You can get a copy of the book in the Yasuni Green Gold shop

Social Communication Department
Ximena Narváez
Telephone 062880447 Ext. 210
Email: alcaldia.orellana@gmail.com

The CONAIE (The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) supports Yasuní Green Gold

The CONAIE (The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) assembled in special meeting in the city of Tena (Ecuador) on the 30th and 31st October, 2008 has resolved:

"Point 18: To support the international campaign YASUNÍ GREEN GOLD concerning the PIVA territories or Free Comunities that forbids the oil exploitation in the ITT area."



The CONAIE represents the 14 indigenous nationalities plus 18 comunities of Ecuador.
Marlon Santi, the CONAIE's president, took part on the presentation of Yasuní Green Gold in Barcelona, Spain, celebrated on 12th October.

Also, the assembly solved important points for the preservation of the biodiversity and the exercise of the rights of the indigenous people.

You can read a summnary of the resolutions. Click here

Movimientos

MOVIMIENTOS AT THE SALMON AND COMPASS
"Música Mestiza. Documentary films. Latin Culture"

Thursday 2th October

Ecuador and Yasuni Green Gold special with documentary films and speakers

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Films upstairs from 7pm
+ Speakers from Yasuni Green Gold and book presentation.

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Music Downstairs

All the freshest old school and contemporary dancefloor Latin beats with Movimientos DJs Cal Jader, Pablo N, Clem George, live percussion & special guests

7pm-2am
Entry: Donations before 9pm / £3 after
Salmon and Compass
58 Penton Street (Corner of Chapel Market), N1 9PZ (Angel tube/Northern Line)

An interesting video post in the BBC website (in spanish /en español)

I link you a video (in spanihs) post in the BBC that i found interesting. Hope this help you to know more about the Yasuni and the problems/complexity down there

Click Here to see the video


And remember, Yasuni is Green Gold!