Global conservation significance of Ecuador's Yasuní National Park
2010 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Bass, Margot S.; Finer, Matt; Jenkins, Clinton N.; Kreft, Holger ; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.; McCracken, Shawn F.; Pitman, Nigel C. A.; English, Peter H.; Swing, Kelly; Villa, Gorky; Di Fiore, Anthony; Voigt, Christian C.; Kunz, Thomas H.
- Abstract
- The threats facing Ecuador's Yasuní National Park are emblematic of those confronting the greater western Amazon, one of the world's last high-biodiversity wilderness areas. Notably, the country's second largest untapped oil reserves--called "ITT"--lie beneath an intact, remote section of the park. The conservation significance of Yasuní may weigh heavily in upcoming state-level and international decisions, including whether to develop the oil or invest in alternatives.
- Issue Date
- 2010
- Journal
- PLOS ONE
- Organization
- Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie ; Burckhardt-Institut ; Abteilung Biodiversität, Makroökologie und Biogeographie
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Language
- English
