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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Ecuador Holds Park "Ransom," Threatens Drilling


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Ecuador will open bidding for a major oil project in Yasuní National Park—a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve pictured above in a May 17, 2007 aerial photo—if the international community doesn't pony up to preserve the area, the country's oil minister said, citing "shared responsibility" for forest preservation.

Photograph by Dolores Ochoa/AP